Bureaucracy vs. Burocracy — What's the Difference?

The term bureaucracy () may refer both to a body of non-elected governing officials (bureaucrats) and to an administrative policy-making group. Historically, a bureaucracy was a government administration managed by departments staffed with non-elected officials.

Administration of a government chiefly through bureaus or departments staffed with nonelected officials.

The departments and their officials as a group

Management or administration marked by hierarchical authority among numerous offices and by fixed procedures

The administrative structure of a large or complex organization

An administrative system in which the need or inclination to follow rigid or complex procedures impedes effective action

Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.

A system of administration based upon organisation into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority, etc., designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner.

The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government.

Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour.

A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.

Government officials, collectively; - used especially of nonelected government officials.

Nonelective government officials