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Delegate vs Parson - What's the difference?

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Delegate is a related term of parson.


As nouns the difference between delegate and parson

is that delegate is a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy while parson is an anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law; a rector.

As a verb delegate

is to authorize someone to be a delegate.

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

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    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

    • parson

    English

    (wikipedia parson)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law; a rector.
  • A Protestant minister.

    • Derived terms

    * parsonage * parsondom

    Synonyms

    * cleric * father * minister * priest * vicar

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