delegate vs delegate

delegate and delegate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
delegate	Yes	No	Yes	No
delegate	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, delegate is a hyponym of delegate; that is, delegate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than delegate:

delegate: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
delegate: transfer power to someone

As verbs, delegate is a hypernym of delegate; that is, delegate is a word with a broader meaning than delegate:

delegate: transfer power to someone
delegate: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

Other hypernyms of delegate include assign, depute, designate.

delegate (noun)	delegate (noun)
a person appointed or elected to represent others	a person appointed or elected to represent others

delegate (verb)	delegate (verb)
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)	give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
transfer power to someone	transfer power to someone