Saturday, September 09, 2006

Umpire vs. Empire

Umpire
noun

a person who is present at a sports competition in order to make certain that the rules of that particular game are obeyed and to make judgments about whether particular actions are acceptable:
a cricket/tennis umpire

In some sports, the lead official is called the referee.

Empire
noun

empire (COUNTRIES)
a group of countries ruled by a single person, government or country:
the Holy Roman Empire

empire (ORGANIZATION)
a very large and important business or organization:
In the space of just ten years, her company has grown from one small shop to a multi-million-pound empire.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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