mandate vs territory

territory vs mandate

mandate and territory both are nouns.

mandate is a verb but territory is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mandate	Yes	No	Yes	No
territory	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, territory is a hypernym of mandate; that is, territory is a word with a broader meaning than mandate:

mandate: a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
territory: a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

Other hypernyms of mandate include district, dominion, territorial dominion.

mandate (noun)	territory (noun)
the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory	an area of knowledge or interest
a document giving an official instruction or command	a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves	the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state

mandate (verb)	territory (verb)
assign authority to
make mandatory
assign under a mandate

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