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Candidacy vs Applicant - What's the difference?

candidacy | applicant |

As nouns the difference between candidacy and applicant

is that candidacy is the state, or act of being a candidate while applicant is one who applies for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.

candidacy

English

Noun

(candidacies)
  • the state, or act of being a candidate
  • * 1844 Epes Sargent - The Life and Public Services of Henry Clay
    • Let it be borne in mind, moreover, that since the period of his last candidacy he has rendered the most memorable services to the country
  • * 2002 Allan H. Keith - Turbulent Times
    • However, this almost certainly happened because of the third party candidacy of former Republican President Theodore Roosevelt
  • * 1984 Kenneth Meyer Setton - The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571)
    • Anyhow, if the opportunity presented itself, Requesens thought that Philip should support the candidacies of Giovanni Ricci, Clemente Dolerá, and Ghislieri, . . .

    Related terms

    * candidate * candidature

    applicant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who applies for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.
  • The third coordinate (or z-coodinate) in a three dimensional coordinate system.