judge vs line judge

judge

noun
  • A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar. 

  • A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question. 

  • A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion. 

  • A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice. 

  • A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel. 

verb
  • To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction). 

  • To form an opinion; to infer. 

  • To judicially rule or determine. 

  • To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc. 

  • To sit in judgment, to act as judge. 

  • To form an opinion on; to appraise. 

  • To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter). 

  • To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose. 

  • To criticize or label another person or thing. 

line judge

noun
  • An official who watches the lines of the court and judges whether the ball has landed in or out and also declares foot faults. 

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