designate vs upgrade

upgrade vs designate

designate is not a noun while upgrade is a noun.

designate is an adjective but upgrade is not an adjective.

designate and upgrade both are verbs.

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

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

designate (noun)	upgrade (noun)
	the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)
	hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did
	the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
	a reservation that is improved
	software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
	an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

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

designate (verb)	upgrade (verb)
design or destine	to improve what was old or outdated
assign a name or title to	give better travel conditions to
decree or designate beforehand	get better travel conditions
indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively	rate higher; raise in value or esteem
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)	give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

Difference between designate and upgrade

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