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Department vs. Deputy — What's the Difference?

Department vs. Deputy — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Department and Deputy

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Department

A division of a large organization such as a government, university, or business, dealing with a specific area of activity
The council's finance department

Deputy

A person who is appointed or empowered to act for another.

Department

A principal administrative division of a government
The department of public works.

Deputy

An assistant exercising full authority in the absence of their superior and exercising equal authority in emergencies
A deputy to the sheriff.

Department

A division of a business specializing in a particular product or service
The personnel department.
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Deputy

A representative in a legislative body in certain countries.

Department

A division of a school or college dealing with a particular field of knowledge
The physics department.

Deputy

One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office.
The deputy of a prince
The deputy sheriff was promoted after his senior retired.
As the deputy store manager, he is able to fire staff.

Department

Department One of the principal executive divisions of the federal government of the United States, headed by a cabinet officer.

Deputy

A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.

Department

A section of a department store selling a particular line of merchandise
The home furnishings department.

Deputy

(France) A member of the Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif.

Department

An administrative district in France.

Deputy

(Ireland) a member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann. (Normally capitalised in both cases).
Eamon Ryan is a deputy in the Dáil.
At today's meeting, Deputy Ryan will speak on local issues.

Department

A unit of a warship's crew, organized by function, such as gunnery or engineering.

Deputy

(US) a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency.
The sheriff's deputies took the suspect into custody.
Deputy Jones was promoted to corporal today.

Department

An area of particular knowledge or responsibility; a specialty
Getting the kids to bed is my department.

Deputy

To deputise

Department

A part, portion, or subdivision.

Deputy

One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc.
There was then [in the days of Jehoshaphat] no king in Edom; a deputy was king.
God's substitute,His deputy anointed in His sight.

Department

A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
Technical things are not his department; he's a people person.

Deputy

A member of the Chamber of Deputies.

Department

A specified aspect or quality.
The 2012 Boston Marathon was outstanding in the temperature department; runners endured temperatures of no less than 88 degrees Fahrenheit.

Deputy

Someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies

Department

A subdivision of an organization.

Deputy

An assistant with power to act when his superior is absent

Department

One of the principal divisions of executive government
The Treasury Department; the Department of Agriculture; police department

Deputy

A member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)

Department

One of the divisions of instructions
The physics department; the history department; the math department

Deputy

A person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others

Department

A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.

Department

(historical) A military subdivision of a country
The Department of the Potomac

Department

(obsolete) Act of departing; departure.

Department

Act of departing; departure.
Sudden departments from one extreme to another.

Department

A part, portion, or subdivision.

Department

A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.
Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department of literature.

Department

Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics.

Department

A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire.

Department

A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.

Department

A specialized division of a large organization;
You'll find it in the hardware department
She got a job in the historical section of the Treasury

Department

The territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

Department

A specialized sphere of knowledge;
Baking is not my department
His work established a new department of literature

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