Determinate vs Designate - What's the difference?
determinate | designate |
Distinct, clearly defined.
* Dryden
Fixed, set, unvarying.
* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts II:
(biology) Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.
conclusive; decisive; positive
* Bible, Acts ii. 23
(obsolete) Determined or resolved upon.
* Shakespeare
Of determined purpose; resolute.
* Sir Philip Sidney
(philosophy) A single state of a particular determinable attribute.
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(obsolete) To bring to an end; to determine.
* Shakespeare
Designated; appointed; chosen.
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
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.
As adjectives the difference between determinate and designate
is that determinate is distinct, clearly defined while designate is designated; appointed; chosen.As verbs the difference between determinate and designate
is that determinate is (obsolete) to bring to an end; to determine while 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.As a noun determinate
is (philosophy) a single state of a particular determinable attribute.determinate
English
Adjective
(-)- Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.
- hym have ye taken by the hondes of unrightewes persones, after he was delivered by the determinat counsell and foreknowledge of God, and have crucified and slayne hym [...].
- The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God.
- My determinate voyage.
- More determinate to do than skillful how to do.
Antonyms
* (limited) indeterminate, nondeterminate * (biology) indeterminateDerived terms
* determinatenessNoun
(en noun)Verb
(determinat)- The sly, slow hours shall not determinate / The dateless limit of thy dear exile.
designate
English
Adjective
(-)Verb
(designat)- "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.