designate vs promote

promote vs designate

designate is an adjective but promote is not an adjective.

designate and promote both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
designate	No	Yes	Yes	No
promote	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, promote is a hyponym of designate; that is, promote 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)
promote: 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, kick upstairs, raise, upgrade, break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate, place.

designate (adjective)	promote (adjective)
appointed but not yet installed in office

designate (verb)	promote (verb)
design or destine	make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
assign a name or title to	change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent
decree or designate beforehand	be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively	give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)	contribute to the progress or growth of

Difference between designate and promote

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