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Keeping vs Administration - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between keeping and administration

is that keeping is conformity or harmony while administration is the act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.

As a verb keeping

is present participle of lang=en.

keeping

English

Noun

  • conformity or harmony.
    • The songs are new but in keeping with tradition.
    The foreground of this painting is not in keeping .
  • charge or care.
  • * South
    • His happiness is in his own keeping .
  • Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
    • The cattle have good keeping .
  • * Milton
    • the work of many hands, which earns my keeping

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * in keeping with

    Anagrams

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    administration

    English

    (wikipedia administration)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
  • (countable) A body that administers; the executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
    • Successive US administrations have had similar Middle East policies.
  • (uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
    • ''the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
  • (uncountable, business) Management.
  • (uncountable, legal, UK) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
    • The company went into voluntary administration last week.

    Synonyms

    * supervision, conduct, management, regulation, organization, governing

    Related terms

    * administer * administrator * administrative

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