recognition vs designation

designation vs recognition

recognition and designation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, designation is a hypernym of recognition; that is, designation 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
designation: the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

Other hypernyms of recognition include appointment, assignment, naming.

recognition (noun)	designation (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 act of designating or identifying something
an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid	identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
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

Difference between recognition and designation

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