delegate vs upgrade

upgrade vs delegate

delegate and upgrade both are nouns.

delegate and upgrade both are verbs.

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

As verbs, upgrade is a hyponym of delegate; that is, upgrade 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)
upgrade: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

Other hyponyms of delegate include mandate, cast, post, cast, devolve, task, place, regiment, reassign, transfer, delegate, depute, mandate, advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate, place.

delegate (noun)	upgrade (noun)
a person appointed or elected to represent others	the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)
	hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did
	the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
	a reservation that is improved
	software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
	an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

delegate (verb)	upgrade (verb)
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)	to improve what was old or outdated
transfer power to someone	give better travel conditions to
	get better travel conditions
	rate higher; raise in value or esteem
	give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

Difference between delegate and upgrade

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