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Delegate vs Bestow - What's the difference?

delegate | bestow |

As verbs the difference between delegate and bestow

is that delegate is to authorize someone to be a delegate while bestow is to lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; stow; place.

As a noun delegate

is a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

delegate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy
  • a representative at a conference, etc.
  • (US) an appointed representative in some legislative bodies
  • (computing) a type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer

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    Verb

    (delegat)
  • to authorize someone to be a delegate
  • to commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate
  • (computing, Internet) (of a subdomain) to give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of yours

    • bestow

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; stow; place.
  • * 1611 , King James Bible, Luke 12:17:
    • And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits.
  • * 1977 , ", HarperCollins, page 358:
    • Of the Three Rings that the Elves had preserved unsullied no open word was ever spoken among the Wise, and few even of the Eldar knew where they were bestowed .
  • To lodge, or find quarters for; provide with accommodation.
  • * 1838 , Ben Jonson, The works of Ben Jonson :
    • Well, my masters, I'll leave him with you; now I see him bestowed , I'll go look for my goods, and Numps.
  • To dispose of.
  • * 1810 , Robert Dodsley, Sir Walter Scott, The Ancient British drama :
    • Here are blank warrants of all dispositions; give me but the name and nature of your malefactor, and I'll bestow him according to his merits.
  • To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present something to someone as a gift or honour.
    • Medals were bestowed on the winning team.
  • * 2008 , , Userfriendly.org , “ The Large Hadron Collider Game”
    • CERN bestows slush fund on the LHC. Take all pennies from the CERN space.
  • * 1831 , (Mary Shelley),
    • Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun which bestowed such joy upon me.
  • To give in marriage.
  • To apply; make use of; use; employ.
  • * 1887 , John Marston, Arthur Henry Bullen, The Works of John Marston :
    • [...] I determine to bestow Some time in learning languages abroad; [...]
  • (obsolete) To behave or deport.

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