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Appointed vs Elected - What's the difference?

appointed | elected |

As verbs the difference between appointed and elected

is that appointed is past tense of appoint while elected is past tense of elect.

As a noun elected is

one who is elected.

appointed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (appoint).
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    elected

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (elect)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is elected.
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    • , passage=“From the council people to the borough presidents to the citywide electeds , it would have an impact. }}