Adminster vs Administrate - What's the difference?

As a noun administrate is

administrator .

adminster

Not English

Adminster has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'adminster':

adamantine, administer, adamantane, autoimmune, atmometer, administre, adamance, admonisher, attenuance, adminicle, admontite, admonitive, attaminate, admynistre, admonitor

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.

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. ----