administration vs governance

administration

noun
  • A body that administers; a body of administrators. 

  • The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain. 

  • The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation. 

  • The country's government under the rule of a particular leader. 

  • The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction. 

  • Management. 

  • An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision. 

governance

noun
  • The group of people who make up an administrative body. 

  • The process, or the power, of governing; government or administration. 

  • Accountability for consistent, cohesive policies, processes and decision rights. 

  • The state of being governed. 

  • The specific system by which a political system is ruled. 

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