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Administration vs Registration - What's the difference?

administration | registration |

As nouns the difference between administration and registration

is that administration is administration while registration is (uncountable) the act of signing up or registering for something.

administration

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
  • (countable) A body that administers; the executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
  • Successive US administrations have had similar Middle East policies.
  • (uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
  • ''the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
  • (uncountable, business) Management.
  • (uncountable, legal, UK) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
  • The company went into voluntary administration last week.

    Synonyms

    * supervision, conduct, management, regulation, organization, governing

    References

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    registration

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) the act of signing up or registering for something
  • ''Complete the registration process
  • (countable) that which registers or makes something official, e.g. the form or paper that registers
  • Did you submit your car registration yet?
  • (uncountable) alignment, e.g. of colors or other elements in a printing process
  • (uncountable) the location where guests register, especially with a hotel.
  • The elevators are just past registration .
  • (music) The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.