designate vs appoint
appoint vs designatedesignate is an adjective but appoint is not an adjective.
designate and appoint both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| designate | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| appoint | No | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
appoint is a hypernym of
designate; that is, appoint is a
word with a broader meaning than designate:
- designate: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- appoint: assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
Other hypernyms of designate include
charge.
| designate (adjective) | appoint (adjective) |
|---|---|
| appointed but not yet installed in office |
| designate (verb) | appoint (verb) |
|---|---|
| design or destine | furnish |
| assign a name or title to | assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to |
| decree or designate beforehand | create and charge with a task or function |
| indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively | |
| give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) |
Words related to "designate"
- advance
- aim
- appoint
- assign
- break
- bump
- calculate
- call attention
- cast
- charge
- delegate
- demote
- denominate
- denote
- depute
- design
- designation
- designative
- destine
- devolve
- direct
- doom
- elevate
- fate
- finger
- incoming
- indicate
- inform
- intend
- kick downstairs
- kick upstairs
- label
- mandate
- mean
- number
- ordain
- place
- plan
- point
- point out
- post
- promote
- raise
- reassign
- reflect
- regiment
- relegate
- show
- signalise
- signalize
- slate
- specify
- task
- transfer
- upgrade
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