adjudicate vs judge

adjudicate is not a noun while judge is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adjudicate	No	No	Yes	No
judge	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, judge is a hyponym of adjudicate; that is, judge is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than adjudicate:

Other hyponyms of adjudicate include adjust.

As verbs, adjudicate and judge are synonyms defined as:

adjudicate and judge: put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of

Other synonyms of adjudicate include try.

adjudicate (noun)	judge (noun)
	a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
	an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality

adjudicate (verb)	judge (verb)
bring to an end; settle conclusively	form a critical opinion of
put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of	judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
	determine the result of (a competition)
	pronounce judgment on
	put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of