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Appointed vs Designates - What's the difference?

appointed | designates |

As verbs the difference between appointed and designates

is that appointed is past tense of appoint while designates is third-person singular of designate.

As a noun designates is

plural of designate.

appointed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (appoint).
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    designates

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (designate)