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Designate vs Dedicate - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between designate and dedicate

is that designate is designated; appointed; chosen while dedicate is dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

As verbs the difference between designate and dedicate

is that designate is to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested while dedicate is to set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.

designate

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Designated; appointed; chosen.

    • Verb

    (designat)
  • To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested.
  • To call by a distinctive title; to name.
  • * 1912 , Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1
    • "Yes, let 'Sister' Davis have a whack at it too," urged George Bland. Tom Davis, who was Joe Matson's particular chum, was designated "Sister" because, in an incautious moment, when first coming to Excelsior Hall, he had shown a picture of his very pretty sister, Mabel.
  • To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.

    • Synonyms

    * name * denominate * style * entitle * characterize * describe * denote

    Derived terms

    * designated driver * designated hitter

    Related terms

    * codesignative * designation * designative * designatum

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    dedicate

    English

    Verb

    (dedicat)
  • To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
  • To set apart for a special use
    • dedicated their money to scientific research.
  • To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
    • dedicated ourselves to starting our own business. See Synonyms at devote.
  • To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
  • To open (a building, for example) to public use.
  • To show to the public for the first time
    • dedicate a monument.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Dedicate to nothing temporal.
  • * (George Henry Calvert)
    • His life is dedicate to worthiness.
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