Delegate vs Consul - What's the difference?
delegate | consul |
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
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
An official residing in a foreign country in order to protect the interests of citizens from his or her nation.
(historical) Either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman Republic.
(historical) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804.
(obsolete) A senator; a counsellor.
* Shakespeare
* Bible, Job. iii. 14 (Douay version)
As nouns the difference between delegate and consul
is that delegate is a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy while consul is an official residing in a foreign country in order to protect the interests of citizens from his or her nation.As a verb delegate
is to authorize someone to be a delegate.delegate
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(delegat)consul
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(en noun)- Many of the consuls , raised and met, / Are at the duke's already.
- With kings and consuls of the earth.