Delegate vs Subdelegate - What's the difference?
delegate | subdelegate |
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
To delegate (a task already delegated to oneself) to somebody else.
* 1942 , The American Ecclesiastical Review: Volume 107
To appoint as a subdelegate or subordinate.
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
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(delegat)subdelegate
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(subdelegat)- 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.