Superintendency and Supervision

Superintendency

Superintendency noun - The duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control.
Usage example: superintendency of the polling places is largely carried out by retired citizens

Supervision is a synonym for superintendency in control topic. In some cases you can use "Supervision" instead a noun "Superintendency", when it comes to topics like supervisory responsibility, running an organization, management of organization.

Supervision

Supervision noun - The duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control.
Usage example: one of your responsibilities will be the supervision of all fund-raising activities for the club
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Synonyms for Supervision

Superintendency is a synonym for supervision in project topic. You can use "Superintendency" instead a noun "Supervision", if it concerns topics such as control.

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