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Administrator vs Wiz - What's the difference?

administrator | wiz |

As nouns the difference between administrator and wiz

is that administrator is one who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager while wiz is a person who is exceptionally gifted or skilled in a particular area.

administrator

English

Alternative forms

* administratour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager
  • (legal) A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority
  • (computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network

    • Synonyms

    * (one who administers affairs) chief, head, head man, controller, comptroller, foreman, organizer, overseer, superintendent, supervisor

    Derived terms

    * admin

    Related terms

    * administer * administration * administrative ----

    wiz

    English

    Noun

    (wizzes)
  • a person who is exceptionally gifted or skilled in a particular area
  • (Internet, informal) A wizard; an administrator of a multi-user dungeon.
  • * 2003 , David Lojek, Emote to the Max (page 11)
    • The wizzes are only the junior grade of the MUD illuminati. The people who attain the senior grade of MUD freemasonry by starting their own MUD, with all due hubris, are known as gods.
  • An act of urination; a .
    • I have to take a wiz .

    Synonyms

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