recognition vs appointment

appointment vs recognition

recognition and appointment both are nouns.

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

As nouns, appointment is a hypernym of recognition; that is, appointment is a word with a broader meaning than recognition:

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

Other hypernyms of recognition include assignment, designation, naming.

recognition (noun)	appointment (noun)
designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body	the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering	the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed
an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid	(law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment
coming to understand something clearly and distinctly	(usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
approval	a meeting arranged in advance
the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country	a person who is appointed to a job or position
(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

Difference between recognition and appointment

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