designate vs regiment

regiment vs designate

designate is not a noun while regiment is a noun.

designate is an adjective but regiment is not an adjective.

designate and regiment both are verbs.

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

As verbs, regiment is a hyponym of designate; that is, regiment 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)
regiment: assign to a regiment

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

designate (noun)	regiment (noun)
	army unit smaller than a division, which can be divided into several companies, squadrons, or batteries and often into two battalions.

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

designate (verb)	regiment (verb)
design or destine	assign to a regiment
assign a name or title to	form (military personnel) into a regiment
decree or designate beforehand	subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization
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 regiment

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.