Trustee vs. Administrator: What's the Difference?

Trustee and Administrator Definitions
Trustee
(Law) The person in a trust relationship who holds title to property for the benefit of another.
Administrator
One who administers, especially one who works as a manager in a business, government agency, or school.
Trustee
A member of a board elected or appointed to direct the funds and policy of an institution.
Administrator
(Law) One appointed to administer an estate.
Trustee
A country responsible for supervising a trust territory. See Usage Note at -ee1.
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Administrator
One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager
Trustee
To place (property) in the care of a trustee.
Administrator
(legal) A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority
Trustee
To function or serve as a trustee.
Administrator
(computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network
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Trustee
A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another.
Administrator
One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
Trustee
A person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.
Administrator
A man who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority.
Trustee
(transitive) To commit (property) to the care of a trustee.
To trustee an estate
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Administrator
Someone who administers a business
Trustee
(transitive) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.
Administrator
The party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor
Trustee
A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.
Administrator
Someone who manages a government agency or department
Trustee
To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate.
Trustee
To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.
Trustee
A person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit
Trustee
Members of a governing board