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Select vs Downselect - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between select and downselect

is that select is to choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options while downselect is to narrow the field of choices, especially, to choose a supplier from candidates under consideration.

As an adjective select

is privileged, specially selected.

As a noun Select

is a button (of a joystick, joypad or similar device) that, when pressed, activates any of certain predefined functions that usually, but not always, involve selecting something out of a list of items.

Downselect - What does it mean?

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