Given vs Administered - What's the difference?
given | administered |
Considering; taking into account.
Already arranged. (rfex)
Currently discussed. (rfex)
Particular, specific.
Assumed as fact or hypothesis.
Prone, disposed.
(administer)
To cause to take, either by openly offering or through deceit.
* Macaulay
To apportion out.
* Spectator
* Macaulay
* Philips
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
To minister (to).
(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
As verbs the difference between given and administered
is that given is while administered is (administer).As a preposition given
is considering; taking into account.As a noun given
is a condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.As an adjective given
is already arranged.given
English
Alternative forms
* giv'nVerb
(head)Preposition
(English prepositions)- Given the current situation, I don't think that's possible.
Adjective
(en adjective)- No more than three people can be in that space at a given time.
- Given that we will get the resources, what do we want to achieve?
- He was given to taking a couple of glasses of port at his club.
administered
English
Verb
(head)administer
English
Alternative forms
* administre (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- We administered the medicine to our dog by mixing it in his food.
- A noxious drug had been administered to him.
- A fountain administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place.
- Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known.
- [Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs.
- For forms of government let fools contest: / Whate'er is best administered is best.
- administering to the sick
- Swear to keep the oath that we administer .