designate vs kick downstairs

kick downstairs vs designate

designate is an adjective but kick downstairs is not an adjective.

designate and kick downstairs both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
designate	No	Yes	Yes	No
kick downstairs	No	No	Yes	No

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

designate: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
kick downstairs: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

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

designate (adjective)	kick downstairs (adjective)
appointed but not yet installed in office

designate (verb)	kick downstairs (verb)
design or destine	assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
assign a name or title to
decree or designate beforehand
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)

Difference between designate and kick downstairs

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