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Delegate vs Subdelegate - What's the difference?

delegate | subdelegate |

As nouns the difference between delegate and subdelegate

is that delegate is a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy while subdelegate is a subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers.

As verbs the difference between delegate and subdelegate

is that delegate is to authorize someone to be a delegate while subdelegate is to delegate (a task already delegated to oneself) to somebody else.

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
  • subdelegate

    English

    Verb

    (subdelegat)
  • To delegate (a task already delegated to oneself) to somebody else.
  • * 1942 , The American Ecclesiastical Review: Volume 107
  • To subdelegate a determinate priest to assist at a specified marriage of those subjects of the Military Vicar who have been placed under your personal charge, excluding entirely, however, the power of again subdelegating.
  • To appoint as a subdelegate or subordinate.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers.
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