Lawyer vs. Judge — What's the Difference?

Engages in legal proceedings.

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.

Provides legal advice.

To form an opinion or estimation of after careful consideration

Negotiates settlements and agreements.

(Law) To hear and decide on in a court of law

A lawyer or attorney is a person who practices law, as an advocate, attorney at law, barrister, barrister-at-law, bar-at-law, canonist, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solicitor, legal executive, or public servant preparing, interpreting and applying the law, but not as a paralegal or charter executive secretary. Working as a lawyer involves the practical application of abstract legal theories and knowledge to solve specific individualized problems, or to advance the interests of those who hire lawyers to perform legal services.

To pass sentence on; condemn.

One whose profession is to give legal advice and assistance to clients and represent them in court or in other legal matters.

To act as one appointed to decide the winners of

A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)

To determine or declare after consideration or deliberation

A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.

(Informal) To have as an opinion or assumption; suppose

(by extension) A legal layman who argues points of law.

(Bible) To govern; rule. Used of an ancient Israelite leader.

The burbot.

To form an opinion or evaluation.

The stem of a bramble.

To act or decide as a judge.

Any of various plants. en

One who makes estimates as to worth, quality, or fitness

To practice law.

(Law) A public official who hears and decides cases brought in court.

(intransitive) To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.

(Law) A public official who hears and decides cases or matters in a forum other than a court, such as an administrative proceeding.

(intransitive) To make legalistic arguments.

One appointed to decide the winners of a contest or competition.

To barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something.

A leader of the Israelites during a period of about 400 years between the death of Joshua and the accession of Saul.

One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.

Judges (used with a sing. verb) See Table at Bible.

The black-necked stilt. See Stilt.

A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.

A professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.

Represents clients in court.

A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar.

Possesses expertise in specific legal areas.

A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.

A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel.

(transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).

(intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.

(transitive) To judicially rule or determine.

To sentence to punishment, to judicially condemn.

To award judicially; to adjudge.

(transitive) To form an opinion on; to appraise.

To constitute a fitting appraisal or criterion of; to provide a basis for forming an opinion on.

(intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.

(transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.

(ambitransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.

(ambitransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.

(ambitransitive) To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction).

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.

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 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.

One of the supreme magistrates, with both civil and military powers, who governed Israel for more than four hundred years.

The title of the seventh book of the Old Testament; the Book of Judges.

To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence.

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.

To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties.

To examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom.

To arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward.

To determine upon or deliberation; to esteem; to think; to reckon.

To exercise the functions of a magistrate over; to govern.

A public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice

An authority who is able to estimate worth or quality

Determine the result of (a competition)

Form an opinion of or pass judgment on;

Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time);

Pronounce judgment on;

Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of;

Presides over legal proceedings.

Makes rulings on legal matters.

Interprets and applies the law.

Imposes sentences in criminal cases.

Ensures fair and impartial trials.

Yes, though many choose to focus on one area.

Processes vary, involving either election or appointment.

Yes, often judges are experienced lawyers.

Analytical skills, advocacy, and communication.

A law degree and passing the bar exam.

By following the law and judicial ethics.

Not all; some work in advisory or transactional roles.

Yes, many lawyers run their own law firms.

Mostly, but not always. It varies by jurisdiction.

Varies widely depending on experience, location, and sector.

No, they interpret and apply existing laws.

Providing legal services for free or at reduced fees.

Judges are human, but they strive to set aside personal biases.

It's representing and arguing for a client's interests.

To guide legal procedures and sometimes rule on legal matters.