Square Up vs Adjudicate - What's the Difference?

Adjudicate

Square Up

Definitions

Definition as Verb
  • put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
  • bring to an end; settle conclusively
Definition as Verb
  • make square
  • even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
  • settle conclusively; come to terms

Examples

  • "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"
  • "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
  • "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"
  • "We finally settled the argument"

Parts of Speech

Verb
Verb