delegacy vs designation

delegacy and designation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
delegacy	Yes	No	No	No
designation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, designation is a hypernym of delegacy; that is, designation is a word with a broader meaning than delegacy:

Other hypernyms of delegacy include appointment, assignment, naming.

delegacy (noun)	designation (noun)
the appointment of a delegate	the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
a group of representatives or delegates	the act of designating or identifying something
the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent	identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others