The difference between Administer and Deal

When used as verbs, administer means to cause to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit, whereas deal means to distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one's portion or share.

Deal is also noun with the meaning: a division, a portion, a share.

Deal is also adjective with the meaning: made of deal.

check bellow for the other definitions of Administer and Deal

  1. Administer as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.

    Examples:

    "We administered the medicine to our dog by mixing it in his food."

  2. Administer as a verb (transitive):

    To apportion out.

  3. Administer as a verb (transitive):

    To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.

  4. Administer as a verb (intransitive):

    To minister (to).

    Examples:

    "administering to the sick"

  5. Administer as a verb (legal):

    To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.

  6. Administer as a verb:

    To tender, as an oath.

  7. Administer as a verb (medicine):

    To give a drug to a patient, be it orally or by any other means.

  1. Deal as a noun (obsolete):

    A division, a portion, a share.

    Examples:

    "We gave three deals of grain in tribute to the king."

  2. Deal as a noun (often followed by ''of''):

    An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by or ).

    Examples:

    "synonyms: batch flock good deagreat deahatfuheap load lot mass mess mickle mint muckle peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad whole lot whole slew"

  1. Deal as a verb (transitive):

    To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one's portion or share.

    Examples:

    "The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory."

  2. Deal as a verb (transitive):

    To administer or give out, as in small portions.

  3. Deal as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To distribute cards to the players in a game.

    Examples:

    "I was dealt four aces."

    "The cards were shuffled, and the croupier dealt."

  4. Deal as a verb (baseball):

    To pitch.

    Examples:

    "The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger."

  5. Deal as a verb (intransitive):

    To have dealings or business.

  6. Deal as a verb (intransitive):

    To conduct oneself, to behave.

  7. Deal as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To take action; to act.

  8. Deal as a verb (intransitive):

    To trade professionally (followed by in).

    Examples:

    "She deals in gold."

  9. Deal as a verb (transitive):

    To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.

    Examples:

    "This club takes a dim view of members who deal drugs."

  10. Deal as a verb (intransitive):

    To be concerned with.

  11. Deal as a verb (intransitive):

    To handle, to manage, to cope.

    Examples:

    "I can't deal with this."

    "I don't think he wants to go. — Yeah, well, we're going anyway, and he can deal."

  1. Deal as a noun (archaic, _, in general sense):

    An act of dealing or sharing out.

  2. Deal as a noun:

    The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.

    Examples:

    "I didn’t have a good deal all evening."

    "I believe it's your deal."

  3. Deal as a noun:

    A particular instance of buying or selling; a transaction

    Examples:

    "We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight."

  4. Deal as a noun:

    Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.

  5. Deal as a noun:

    An agreement between parties; an arrangement

    Examples:

    "He made a deal with the devil."

  6. Deal as a noun (informal):

    A situation, occasion, or event.

    Examples:

    "What's the deal?"

  7. Deal as a noun (informal):

    A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.

    Examples:

    "The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork."

  1. Deal as a noun (uncountable):

    Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)

  2. Deal as a noun (countable):

    A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

  3. Deal as a noun (countable, archaic):

    A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.

  1. Deal as an adjective:

    Made of deal.

    Examples:

    "A plain deal table"

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