Administrate vs. Manage — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Administrate and Manage
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Administrate
Less common term for administer (sense 1)
The cost of administrating VAT
The person administrating the database system has left the company
Manage
Be in charge of (a business, organization, or undertaking); run
Their elder son managed the farm
Administrate
To administer.
Manage
Succeed in surviving or in achieving something despite difficult circumstances; cope
Catherine managed on five hours' sleep a night
Administrate
To administer
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Manage
To have charge of; direct or administer
Manage a company.
Manage a portfolio of assets.
Administrate
(computing) the act or function of providing maintenance and general housekeeping for computer systems, networks, peripheral equipment, etc.
The job is to administrate the network.
Manage
To exert control over; regulate or limit toward a desired end
Manage the news to minimize political repercussions.
Managed smokestack emissions.
Administrate
To administer.
Manage
To direct or supervise (employees or other staff)
She manages 20 people in the department.
Administrate
Work in an administrative capacity; supervise;
Administer a program
Manage
To act as the manager of (a performer, for example).
Manage
To succeed in accomplishing, achieving, or producing, especially with difficulty
Managed to get a promotion.
Managed a polite goodbye.
Manage
To succeed in coping or dealing with
A drug that improves patients' ability to manage their disease.
Manage
To direct or conduct business affairs.
Manage
To continue to get along; carry on; cope
Learning how to manage on my own.
Manage
(transitive) To direct or be in charge of.
Manage
(transitive) To handle or control (a situation, job).
Manage
(transitive) To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).
Manage
(intransitive) To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty.
He managed to climb the tower.
Manage
(ambitransitive) To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help.
It's a tough job, but I'll manage.
Manage
To manage to say; to say while fighting back embarrassment, laughter, etc.
"That's nice, dear!", she managed.
Manage
To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
Manage
(obsolete) To treat with care; to husband.
Manage
(obsolete) To bring about; to contrive.
Manage
The act of managing or controlling something.
Manage
(horseriding) Manège.
Manage
The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.
Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold.
Down, down I come; like glistering PhaëthonWanting the manage of unruly jades.
The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl.
Manage
To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle.
Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily managed.
What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain.
Manage
To guide by careful or delicate treatment; to wield with address; to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring around cunningly to one's plans.
It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects.
It was not her humor to manage those over whom she had gained an ascendant.
Manage
To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
Manage
To treat with care; to husband.
Manage
To bring about; to contrive.
Manage
To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer.
Leave them to manage for thee.
Manage
Be successful; achieve a goal;
She succeeded in persuading us all
I managed to carry the box upstairs
She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it
The pianist negociated the difficult runs
Manage
Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of;
I can deal with this crew of workers
This blender can't handle nuts
She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old
Manage
Come to terms or deal successfully with;
We got by on just a gallon of gas
They made do on half a loaf of bread every day
Manage
Watch and direct;
Who is overseeing this project?
Manage
Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
Manage
Carry on or manage;
We could do with a little more help around here
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