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Administer vs Administrate - What's the difference?

administer | administrate |

As verbs the difference between administer and administrate

is that administer is to cause to take, either by openly offering or through deceit while administrate is to administer.

administer

English

Alternative forms

* administre (obsolete)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To cause to take, either by openly offering or through deceit.
    • We administered the medicine to our dog by mixing it in his food.
  • * Macaulay
    • A noxious drug had been administered to him.
  • To apportion out.
  • * Spectator
    • A fountain administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place.
  • * Macaulay
    • Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known.
  • * Philips
    • [Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs.
  • To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • For forms of government let fools contest: / Whate'er is best administered is best.
  • To minister (to).
    • administering to the sick
  • (legal) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
  • To tender, as an oath.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Swear to keep the oath that we administer .

    Related terms

    * administration * administrative * administrator

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    administrate

    English

    Verb

    (administrat)
  • to administer
  • (computing) the act or function of providing maintenance and general housekeeping for computer systems, networks, peripheral equipment, etc.
    • The job is to administrate the network.

    See also

    * administer * administration * administrator

    Usage notes

    Administrate'' is widely regarded as a non-standard alternative to ''administer , however in some dialects it is preferred or accepted, and in some industries it is preferred as a jargon term in certain contexts. Although sources such as Mirriam-Webster show the etymology of administrate'' as being directly from Latin in the 16th century, those same sources also indicate that ''administer'' and ''administration'' can be attested in English in the 14th century, so a back-formation from ''administration is also plausible. ----