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Dedicates vs Dedicatee - What's the difference?

dedicates | dedicatee |

As a verb dedicates

is (dedicate).

As a noun dedicatee is

someone to whom something is dedicated.

dedicates

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dedicate)

  • dedicate

    English

    Verb

    (dedicat)
  • To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
  • To set apart for a special use
  • dedicated their money to scientific research.
  • To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
  • dedicated ourselves to starting our own business. See Synonyms at devote.
  • To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
  • To open (a building, for example) to public use.
  • To show to the public for the first time
  • dedicate a monument.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Dedicate to nothing temporal.
  • * (George Henry Calvert)
  • His life is dedicate to worthiness.
    ----

    dedicatee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone to whom something is dedicated
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 11, James Campbell, Howls, New York Times, url=
  • , passage=In 1949, having fallen in with some petty criminals, he was arrested for harboring stolen goods and subsequently committed to the New York State Psychiatric Institute, where he met the future dedicatee of "Howl," Carl Solomon. }}