Supervise vs Responsible - What's the difference?
supervise | responsible |
To direct, manage, or oversee; to be in charge
*, chapter=19
, title= (obsolete) To look over so as to read; to peruse.
* 1590 , , IV. ii. 120:
Answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.
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, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter
, title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered
, volume=100, issue=2, page=87
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Capable of responding to any reasonable claim; able to answer reasonably for one's conduct and obligations; capable of rational conduct.
Involving responsibility; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.
Being a primary cause or agent of some event or action; capable of being credited for something, or of being held liable for something.
Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy.
As a verb supervise
is .As an adjective responsible is
answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.supervise
English
Verb
(supervis)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
- Let me supervise the canzonet.
responsible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}
- Parents are responsible for their child's behaviour.
- She has a responsible position in the firm.
- Who is responsible for this mess?
- He looks like a responsible guy.