judge vs adjudicate

judge is a noun but adjudicate is not a noun.

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

As verbs, adjudicate is a hypernym of judge; that is, adjudicate is a word with a broader meaning than judge:

Other hypernyms of judge include decide, resolve, settle.

As verbs, judge and adjudicate are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of judge include try.

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

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