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Decide vs Umpire - What's the difference?

decide | umpire |

As verbs the difference between decide and umpire

is that decide is while umpire is (sports|intransitive) to act as an umpire in a game.

As a noun umpire is

(tennis) the official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.

decide

English

Verb

(decid)
  • To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
    • The election will be decided on foreign policies.
    We must decide our next move.
    Her last-minute goal decided the game.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The quarrel toucheth none but us alone; / Betwixt ourselves let us decide it then.
  • To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
    • You must decide between good and evil.
    I have decided that it is healthier to walk to work.
  • * Bible, 1 Kings xx. 40
    • So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
  • To cause someone to come to a decision.
  • * 1920 , , "The Adventure of the Three Gables" (Norton edition, 2005, p. 1537),
    • It decides me to look into the matter, for if it is worth anyone's while to take so much trouble, there must be something in it.
  • (obsolete) To cut off; to separate.
  • * Fuller
    • Our seat denies us traffic here; / The sea, too near, decides us from the rest.

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See

    Synonyms

    * make up one's mind * choose * determine * pick

    Related terms

    * decider * decision * decisive

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words English reporting verbs English words suffixed with -cide ----

    umpire

    English

    (wikipedia umpire)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (tennis) The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.
  • (cricket) One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
  • (baseball) One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game.
    • The umpire called the pitch a strike.
  • (American football) The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side.
    • The umpire must keep on his toes as the play often occurs around him.
  • (Australian rules football) A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. As of 2007 the Australian Football League uses 3, or in the past 2 or just 1. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are normally not called just umpires alone.
  • (legal) A person who arbitrates between contending parties

    • Usage notes

    * In general, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.

    Verb

    (umpir)
  • (sports) To act as an umpire in a game.
  • To decide as an umpire; to arbitrate; to settle (a dispute, etc.).
  • * South
    • Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies.

    Synonyms

    * referee

    Anagrams

    * English nouns which have interacted with their indefinite article