Minister vs. Administer — What's the Difference?

One who is authorized to perform religious functions in a Christian church, especially a Protestant church.

To have charge of; manage.

Roman Catholic Church The superior in certain orders.

To give or apply in a formal way

A high officer of state appointed to head an executive or administrative department of government.

To apply as a remedy

An authorized diplomatic representative of a government, usually ranking next below an ambassador.

To direct the taking of (an oath).

A person serving as an agent for another by carrying out specified orders or functions.

To mete out; dispense

To attend to the wants and needs of others

To manage (a trust or estate) under a will or official appointment.

To perform the functions of a cleric.

To impose, offer, or tender (an oath, for example).

To administer or dispense (a sacrament, for example).

To manage as an administrator.

A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.

To minister

A politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service).

(transitive) To apportion out, distribute.

In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.

(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.

A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.

(intransitive) To minister (to).

(transitive) To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.

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

To function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship

To give, as an oath.

To afford, to give, to supply.

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

A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.

(transitive) (medicine) To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.

An officer of justice.

To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state.

One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs.

To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament.

A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business.

To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc.

One who serves at the altar; one who performs sacerdotal duties; the pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach the gospel and administer the sacraments.

To tender, as an oath.

To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.

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

To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.

To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister.

To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies; as, to minister to the sick.

To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.

A person authorized to conduct religious worship

Administrator.

A person appointed to a high office in the government;

Work in an administrative capacity; supervise;

A diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador

Administer ritually; of church sacraments

The job of a head of a government department

Administer or bestow, as in small portions;

Attend to the wants and needs of others;

Give or apply (medications)

Work as a minister;