decide vs adjudicate

decide and adjudicate both are verbs.

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

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

decide: reach, make, or come to a decision about something
adjudicate: put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of

As verbs, decide and adjudicate are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of decide include resolve, settle.

decide (verb)	adjudicate (verb)
reach, make, or come to a decision about something	bring to an end; settle conclusively
bring to an end; settle conclusively	put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
cause to decide
influence or determine