Command vs Judgment - What's the difference?

command | judgment |

As nouns the difference between command and judgment

is that command is an order to do something while judgment is the act of judging.

As a verb command

is to order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.

command

English

Noun

(en noun)

An order to do something.

I was given a command to cease shooting.

The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.

to have command of an army

power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.

he had command of the situation

England has long held command of the sea

a good command of language

A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.

General Smith was placed in command .

The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.

Command cannot be otherwise than savage, for it implies an appeal to force, should force be needful.'' (''H. Spencer , Social Statics, p. 180)

(military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.

* 1899 ,

I asked myself what I was to do there, now my boat was lost. As a matter of fact, I had plenty to do in fishing my command out of the river.

Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.

(computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.

(baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.

He's got good command tonight.

Verb

(en verb)

To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.

The soldier was commanded to cease firing.

The king commanded his servant to bring him dinner.

* Francis Bacon

We are commanded' to forgive our enemies, but you never read that we are ' commanded to forgive our friends.

* Shakespeare

Go to your mistress: / Say, I command her come to me.

To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.

to command an army or a ship

* Macaulay

Monmouth commanded the English auxiliaries.

* Shakespeare

Such aid as I can spare you shall command .

To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.

he commanded silence

If thou be the son of God, command that these stones be made bread. (Mat. IV. 3.)

* 2013 , Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/19/english-talent-premier-league-importing]

The reasons for this growing disconnect are myriad and complex but the situation is exacerbated by the reality that those English players who do smash through our game's "glass ceiling" command radically inflated transfer fees.

to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.

Bridges commanded by a fortified house. (Motley.)

To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.

A good magistrate commands the respect and affections of the people.

Justice commands the respect and affections of the people.

The best goods command the best price.

This job commands a salary of £30,000.

To hold, to control the use of.

The fort commanded the bay.

* Motley

bridges commanded by a fortified house

* Shakespeare

Up to the eastern tower, / Whose height commands as subject all the vale.

* Addison

One side commands a view of the finest garden.

(archaic) To have a view, as from a superior position.

* Milton

Far and wide his eye commands .

(obsolete) To direct to come; to bestow.

* Bible, Leviticus xxv. 21

I will command my blessing upon you.

Synonyms

* (give an order) decree, order

Derived terms

* chain of command * commandable * command economy * commandeer * commander * commandery * command guidance * commanding * command key * command language * command line * commandment * command module * command performance * command post * high command * second in command * self-command * trains command * your wish is my command

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judgment

English

Alternative forms

* judgement (British) * iugement, iudgement, iudgment, iudgemente, iudgmente (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)

The act of judging.

The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely; as, a man of judgment; a politician without judgment.

* Psalms 72:2 ().

He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment .

* Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream , I-i

Hermia. I would my father look'd but with my eyes. Theseus. Rather your eyes must with his judgment look.

The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.

* Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona , IV-iv

She in my judgment was as fair as you.

(legal) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.

* .

In judgments between rich and poor, consider not what the poor man needs, but what is his own.

* Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice , IV-i

Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment .

(theology) The final award; the last sentence.

Usage notes

See for discussion of spelling usage of judgment' versus '''judgement . Briefly, without the ''-e'' is preferred in law globally, and in American English, while with the ''-e is preferred in British English. Like (abridgment), (acknowledgment), and (lodgment), judgment is sometimes written with English spellings in American English, as (judgement) (respectively, (abridgement), (acknowledgement), and (lodgement)). The British spelling preserves the rule that G can only be soft while preceding an E, I, or Y.

Derived terms

* against one's better judgment * arrest of judgment * Day of Judgment * judgment call * judgment day * judgment debt * judgment hall * judgment hour * judgment of God * judgment seat * judgment summons * judgment throne