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Malfunction vs Maladministration - What's the difference?

malfunction | maladministration |

As nouns the difference between malfunction and maladministration

is that malfunction is faulty functioning while maladministration is faulty, inefficient or improper management or administration, especially by a government body.

As a verb malfunction

is to function improperly.

malfunction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • faulty functioning
  • failure to function

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to function improperly
    • She told him the machine was poorly built, but they both knew that she was the one who had malfunctioned .
  • to fail to function

    • maladministration

    English

    (wikipedia maladministration)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Faulty, inefficient or improper management or administration, especially by a government body.
  • *2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 315-6:
  • *:Annual auditing was a farce, and since the Chambre de Justice had fallen into disuse after 1716, judicial checks on financial maladministration were non-existent.