designation vs recognition

designation and recognition both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
designation	Yes	No	No	No
recognition	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, recognition is a hyponym of designation; that is, recognition is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than designation:

designation: the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
recognition: designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body

Other hyponyms of designation include nomination, co-optation, co-option, delegacy, ordinance, ordination.

designation (noun)	recognition (noun)
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position	designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body
the act of designating or identifying something	the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others	an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid
	coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
	approval
	the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country
	(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape
	the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

designation vs recognition

designation and recognition both are nouns.

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