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Adjudicator vs Umpire - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between adjudicator and umpire

is that adjudicator is one who adjudicates while umpire is the official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.

As a verb umpire is

to act as an umpire in a game.

adjudicator

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who adjudicates.
  • * 2007 , Houston Chronicle , June 8
  • The State Department has hired hundreds of new passport adjudicators , put employees to work around the clock and opened a new processing facility in Arkansas but has still been unable to meet the demand [for the issuance of new passports].

    umpire

    English

    (wikipedia umpire)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (tennis) The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.
  • (cricket) One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
  • (baseball) One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game.
  • The umpire called the pitch a strike.
  • (American football) The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side.
  • The umpire must keep on his toes as the play often occurs around him.
  • (Australian rules football) A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. As of 2007 the Australian Football League uses 3, or in the past 2 or just 1. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are normally not called just umpires alone.
  • (legal) A person who arbitrates between contending parties
  • Usage notes

    * In general, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.

    Verb

    (umpir)
  • (sports) To act as an umpire in a game.
  • To decide as an umpire; to arbitrate; to settle (a dispute, etc.).
  • * South
  • Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies.

    Synonyms

    * referee