captain vs manage

captain

noun
  • A maître d', a headwaiter. 

  • An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel. 

  • The head boy of a school. 

  • A chief or leader. 

  • An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major. 

  • A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore. 

  • The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel. 

  • One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official. 

  • A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel. 

  • The leader of a group of workers. 

verb
  • To act as captain 

  • To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team. 

manage

noun
  • Manège. 

verb
  • To handle or control (a situation, job). 

  • To direct or be in charge of. 

  • To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help. 

  • To manage to say; to say while fighting back embarrassment, laughter, etc. 

  • To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty. 

  • To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action. 

  • To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.). 

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