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Delegate vs Specify - What's the difference?

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Delegate is a related term of specify.


As verbs the difference between delegate and specify

is that delegate is to authorize someone to be a delegate while specify is to state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.

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
  • Synonyms

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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
  • specify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
  • To include in a specification.
  • To bring about a specific result.