kick upstairs vs delegate

kick upstairs is not a noun while delegate is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
kick upstairs	No	No	Yes	No
delegate	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, delegate is a hypernym of kick upstairs; that is, delegate is a word with a broader meaning than kick upstairs:

kick upstairs: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
delegate: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

Other hypernyms of kick upstairs include assign, depute, designate.

kick upstairs (noun)	delegate (noun)
	a person appointed or elected to represent others

kick upstairs (verb)	delegate (verb)
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)
	transfer power to someone