Judge vs. Arbiter — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Judge and Arbiter
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Definitions
Judge➦
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions.
Arbiter➦
One agreed upon or appointed to judge or decide a disputed issue; an arbitrator.
Judge➦
To form an opinion or estimation of after careful consideration
Judge heights.
Judging character.
Arbiter➦
One whose opinion or judgment is considered authoritative or worthy of respect
An arbiter of fashion.
Judge➦
(Law) To hear and decide on in a court of law
Judge a case.
Arbiter➦
A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.
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Judge➦
To pass sentence on; condemn.
Arbiter➦
A person or object having the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.
Television and film, not Vogue and similar magazines, are the arbiters of fashion.
Judge➦
To act as one appointed to decide the winners of
Judge an essay contest.
Arbiter➦
(electronics) A component in circuitry that allocates scarce resources.
Judge➦
To determine or declare after consideration or deliberation
Most people judged him negligent in performing his duties as a parent.
Arbiter➦
(transitive) To act as arbiter.
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Judge➦
(Informal) To have as an opinion or assumption; suppose
I judge you're right.
Arbiter➦
A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them.
Judge➦
(Bible) To govern; rule. Used of an ancient Israelite leader.
Arbiter➦
Any person who has the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.
For Jove is arbiter of both to man.
Judge➦
To form an opinion or evaluation.
Arbiter➦
To act as arbiter between.
Judge➦
To act or decide as a judge.
Arbiter➦
Someone with the power to settle matters at will;
She was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion
Judge➦
One who makes estimates as to worth, quality, or fitness
A good judge of used cars.
A poor judge of character.
Arbiter➦
Someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
Judge➦
(Law) A public official who hears and decides cases brought in court.
Judge➦
(Law) A public official who hears and decides cases or matters in a forum other than a court, such as an administrative proceeding.
Judge➦
One appointed to decide the winners of a contest or competition.
Judge➦
A leader of the Israelites during a period of about 400 years between the death of Joshua and the accession of Saul.
Judge➦
Judges (used with a sing. verb) See Table at Bible.
Judge➦
A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
Judge➦
A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
Judge➦
A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar.
At a boxing match, the decision of the judges is final.
Judge➦
A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.
She is a good judge of wine.
They say he is a poor judge of character considering all the unreliable friends he has made.
Judge➦
A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel.
Judge➦
(transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).
A higher power will judge you after you are dead.
Judge➦
(intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
Justices in this country judge without appeal.
Judge➦
(transitive) To judicially rule or determine.
Judge➦
To sentence to punishment, to judicially condemn.
He was judged to die for his crimes.
Judge➦
To award judicially; to adjudge.
Judge➦
(transitive) To form an opinion on; to appraise.
I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit.
Judge➦
To constitute a fitting appraisal or criterion of; to provide a basis for forming an opinion on.
Judge➦
(intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
We cannot both be right: you must judge between us.
Judge➦
(transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
I judge it safe to leave the house once again.
Judge➦
(ambitransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
I judge from the sky that it might rain later.
Judge➦
(ambitransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.
Judge➦
(ambitransitive) To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction).
Judge➦
A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for that purpose.
The parts of a judge in hearing are four: to direct the evidence; to moderate length, repetition, or impertinency of speech; to recapitulate, select, and collate the material points of that which hath been said; and to give the rule or sentence.
Judge➦
One who has skill, knowledge, or experience, sufficient to decide on the merits of a question, or on the quality or value of anything; one who discerns properties or relations with skill and readiness; a connoisseur; an expert; a critic.
A man who is no judge of law may be a good judge of poetry, or eloquence, or of the merits of a painting.
Judge➦
A person appointed to decide in a trial of skill, speed, etc., between two or more parties; an umpire; as, a judge in a horse race.
Judge➦
One of the supreme magistrates, with both civil and military powers, who governed Israel for more than four hundred years.
Judge➦
The title of the seventh book of the Old Testament; the Book of Judges.
Judge➦
To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence.
The Lord judge between thee and me.
Father, who art judgeOf all things made, and judgest only right!
Judge➦
To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their relations and attributes, and thus distinguish truth from falsehood; to determine; to discern; to distinguish; to form an opinion about.
Judge not according to the appearance.
She is wise if I can judge of her.
Judge➦
To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties.
Judge➦
To examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom.
God shall judge the righteous and the wicked.
To bring my whole cause 'fore his holiness,And to be judged by him.
Judge➦
To arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Judge➦
To determine upon or deliberation; to esteem; to think; to reckon.
If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord.
Judge➦
To exercise the functions of a magistrate over; to govern.
Make us a king to judge us.
Judge➦
A public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice
Judge➦
An authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
Judge➦
Determine the result of (a competition)
Judge➦
Form an opinion of or pass judgment on;
I cannot judge some works of modern art
Judge➦
Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time);
I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
Judge➦
Pronounce judgment on;
They labeled him unfit to work here
Judge➦
Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of;
The football star was tried for the murder of his wife
The judge tried both father and son in separate trials
