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Appointed vs Delegated - What's the difference?

appointed | delegated |

As verbs the difference between appointed and delegated

is that appointed is (appoint) while delegated is (delegate).

appointed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (appoint).
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    delegated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (delegate)

  • delegate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy
  • a representative at a conference, etc.
  • (US) an appointed representative in some legislative bodies
  • (computing) a type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (delegat)
  • to authorize someone to be a delegate
  • to commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate
  • (computing, Internet) (of a subdomain) to give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of yours