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Apportion vs Administer - What's the difference?

apportion | administer |

In transitive terms the difference between apportion and administer

is that apportion is specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally while administer is 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.

apportion

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
    • The controlling party had apportioned the voting districts such that their party would be favored in the next election.
  • Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.
    • The children were required to dump all of their Halloween candy on the table so that their parents could apportion it among them.

    Derived terms

    * unapportioned * apportionment

    Synonyms

    * (divide and distribute ): allocate, allot, dispense, parcel out, share out

    Antonyms

    * (divide and distribute ): amass, concentrate, consolidate, gather, reassemble

    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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