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Deputy vs. Vice — What's the Difference?

Deputy vs. Vice — What's the Difference?

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Deputy

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

Vice

A vice is a practice, behaviour, or habit generally considered immoral, sinful, criminal, rude, taboo, depraved, degrading, deviant or perverted in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a negative character trait, a defect, an infirmity, or a bad or unhealthy habit.

Deputy

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

Vice

A practice or habit considered to be evil, degrading, or immoral
The vices of smoking and drinking.

Deputy

A representative in a legislative body in certain countries.
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Vice

Wicked or depraved conduct or habits; corruption
"sharpers, desperadoes, pirates, and criminals steeped in vice" (Carl Holliday).

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.

Vice

Prostitution, the sale of illegal drugs, and certain other forms of usually nonviolent criminal behavior.

Deputy

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

Vice

A slight personal failing; a foible
The vice of untidiness.

Deputy

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

Vice

A flaw or imperfection; a defect
"Lady Hester remarked on the vice in his looks" (Edna O'Brien).

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.

Vice

Vice A character representing generalized or particular vice in English morality plays.

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.

Vice

A jester or buffoon.

Deputy

To deputise

Vice

Variant of vise.

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.

Vice

In place of; replacing
Ms. Fine acted as treasurer, vice Mr. Smith.

Deputy

A member of the Chamber of Deputies.

Vice

A bad habit.
Pride is a vice, not a virtue.
Smoking was a vice Sally picked up in high school.

Deputy

Someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies

Vice

(legal) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.

Deputy

An assistant with power to act when his superior is absent

Vice

Clip of vice squad

Deputy

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

Vice

A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.

Deputy

A person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others

Vice

(UK) vise

Vice

A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.

Vice

(architecture) A winding or spiral staircase.

Vice

(obsolete) A grip or grasp.

Vice

One who acts in place of a superior.

Vice

Alternative spelling of vise

Vice

In place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
Vice president
Vice admiral

Vice

(dated) instead of, in place of, versus (sense 2)

Vice

A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse.
Withouten vice of syllable or letter.
Mark the vice of the procedure.

Vice

A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance.
I do confess the vices of my blood.
Ungoverned appetite . . . a brutish vice.
When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway,The post of honor is a private station.

Vice

The buffoon of the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes of another, or of Vice itself; - called also Iniquity.
How like you the Vice in the play? . . . I would not give a rush for a Vice that has not a wooden dagger to snap at everybody.

Vice

A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as Vise.

Vice

A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.

Vice

A gripe or grasp.

Vice

To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
The coachman's hand was viced between his upper and lower thigh.

Vice

In the place of; in the stead; as, A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.

Vice

Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc.

Vice

Moral weakness

Vice

A specific form of evildoing;
Vice offends the moral standards of the community

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