designate vs point out

designate is an adjective but point out is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
designate	No	Yes	Yes	No
point out	No	No	Yes	No

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

designate: indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
point out: point out carefully and clearly

Other hyponyms of designate include point, finger, call attention, signalise, signalize, reflect.

designate (adjective)	point out (adjective)
appointed but not yet installed in office

designate (verb)	point out (verb)
design or destine	make or write a comment on
assign a name or title to	present and urge reasons in opposition
decree or designate beforehand	point out carefully and clearly
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)