The difference between Department and Ministry
When used as nouns, department means a part, portion, or subdivision, whereas ministry means government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity.
check bellow for the other definitions of Department and Ministry
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Department as a noun:
A part, portion, or subdivision.
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Department as a noun:
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
Examples:
"Technical things are not his department; he's a people person."
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Department as a noun (often, in proper names):
A subdivision of an organization. One of the principal divisions of executive government One of the divisions of instructions
Examples:
"the Treasury Department''; ''the Department of Agriculture''; ''police department"
"the physics department''; ''the gender studies department"
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Department as a noun:
A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes. In France, a department is smaller than a region
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Department as a noun (historical):
A military subdivision of a country
Examples:
"usex the Department of the Potomac"
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Department as a noun (obsolete):
Act of departing; departure.
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Ministry as a noun:
Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity
Examples:
"She works for the ministry of finance."
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Ministry as a noun:
The complete body of government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) under the leadership of a head of government (such as a prime minister)
Examples:
"The premier offered his last ministry's resignation to the monarch, and is asked to form a new one in accordance with the election results."
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Ministry as a noun:
A ministration
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Ministry as a noun:
The active practice and education of the minister of a particular religion or faith.
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Ministry as a noun (Christianity):
The clergy of nonapostolic Protestant churches.
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Ministry as a noun (Christianity):
Work of a spiritual or charitable nature.
Examples:
"the present ministry of the Holy Spirit"