appointment vs nomination

appointment and nomination both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
appointment	Yes	No	No	No
nomination	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, nomination is a hyponym of appointment; that is, nomination is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than appointment:

appointment: the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
nomination: the act of officially naming a candidate

Other hyponyms of appointment include co-optation, co-option, delegacy, ordinance, ordination, recognition.

appointment (noun)	nomination (noun)
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position	the act of officially naming a candidate
the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed	an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election
(law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment	the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election
(usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
a meeting arranged in advance
a person who is appointed to a job or position

appointment vs nomination

appointment and nomination both are nouns.

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