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Designation vs Assignation - What's the difference?

designation | assignation |

As nouns the difference between designation and assignation

is that designation is designation while assignation is an appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature.

designation

English

(wikipedia designation) (Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
  • Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
  • That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
  • Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.

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    assignation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • While nymphs take treats, or assignations give.
    1749' ''As soon as Mr. Barville saw me, he got up, with a visible air of pleasure and surprize, and saluting me, asked Mrs. Cole if it was possible that so fine and delicate a creature would voluntarily submit to such sufferings and rigours as were the subject of his '''assignation . — John Cleland, '' Memoirs of Fanny Hill.
  • The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.
  • * Holland
    • This order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces.
  • A making over by transfer of title; assignment.

    • Usage notes

    Modern usage confines the word to mean an agreed-upon place for illicit sex, but earlier usage is broader, and considerably more innocent.

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