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Administer vs Organize - What's the difference?

administer | organize |

In lang=en terms the difference between administer and organize

is that administer is to minister (to) while organize is to (l) with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter; — in this sense used chiefly in the past participle.

As verbs the difference between administer and organize

is that administer is to cause to take, either by openly offering or through deceit while organize is to (l) in working order.

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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    organize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * organise

    Verb

    (organiz)
  • To (l) in working order.
  • To (l) in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
  • * Cranch
    • This original and supreme will organizes the government.
  • To (l) with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter; — in this sense used chiefly in the past participle.
  • * Ray
    • These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized could never produce.
  • (music) To sing in parts.
    • to organize an anthem
    (Busby)

    Derived terms

    * organized * organizer * organization * self-organize

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