As verbs the difference between demote and demate
is that demote is to lower the rank or status of something while demate is to move (a space shuttle orbiter) off the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
demote
English
Verb
(demot)
To lower the rank or status of something.
To relegate.
Antonyms
* (lower the rank of ): promote
Anagrams
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demate
English
(Mate-Demate Device)
Verb
(demat)
(aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) off the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
Antonyms
* mate