different between executive vs deputy

English

Etymology

From Middle French executif, from Latin executivus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???z?kj?t?v/, /???z?kj?t?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???z?kj?t?v/

Adjective

executive (comparative more executive, superlative most executive)

1. Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.
2. Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an organisation, business, country, etc.

3. Exclusive.

   an executive bathroom

Translations

Noun

executive (plural executives)

1. A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
2. The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
3. (computing) A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
   • 1973, ACM Special Interest Group in Operating Systems, Fourth Symposium on Operating System Principles

     The second phase of the executive development proceeded through two steps as stated in Section 2. First, a failsoft executive was developed providing automatic failure detection and recovery […]

Derived terms

• chief executive
• chief executive officer, CEO
• executive branch
• executive committee
• executive director
• executive ego function
• executive mansion
• executive officer
• executive order
• executive producer
• executive summary
• executively

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• deputee (archaic)

Etymology

From French député, from Late Latin deputatus (“appointed”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?pj?ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?pj?ti/, /?d?p?ti/

Noun

deputy (plural deputies)

1. One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office

   Synonyms: lieutenant, representative, delegate, vice, vicegerent

2. (mining, historical) A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.
3. (France): A member of the Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif
4. (Ireland): a member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann. (Normally capitalised in both cases)

   Eamon Ryan is a deputy in the Dáil.

   At today's meeting, Deputy Ryan will speak on local issues.

5. (United States): a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency

   The sheriff's deputies took the suspect into custody.

   Deputy Jones was promoted to corporal today.

Usage notes

Deputy is used in combination with the names of various executive officers, to denote an assistant empowered to act in their name; as, deputy collector, deputy marshal, deputy sheriff. In the British coal mining industry, the word referred to as a deputy overman, which was roughly akin to a foreman in other industries.

Synonyms

• substitute
• representative
• legate
• delegate
• envoy
• agent
• See also Thesaurus:deputy

Hyponyms

• vice admiral
• vice director
• vicegerent
• vice president

Derived terms

• deputy first minister
• deputy prime minister

Translations

See also

• vice-

Verb

deputy (third-person singular simple present deputies, present participle deputying, simple past and past participle deputied)

1. (informal, nonstandard) to deputise

Further reading

• deputy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• deputy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “deputy” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.