appointment vs recognition

appointment and recognition both are nouns.

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

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

appointment: the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
recognition: designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body

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

appointment (noun)	recognition (noun)
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position	designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body
the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed	the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
(law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment	an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid
(usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)	coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
a meeting arranged in advance	approval
a person who is appointed to a job or position	the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country
	(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape
	the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

appointment vs recognition

appointment and recognition both are nouns.

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