designate vs kick upstairs

kick upstairs vs designate

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

designate and kick upstairs both are verbs.

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

As verbs, kick upstairs is a hyponym of designate; that is, kick upstairs 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 upstairs: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

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

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

designate (verb)	kick upstairs (verb)
design or destine	give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
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 upstairs

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