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Endorse vs Mandate - What's the difference?

endorse | mandate |

As verbs the difference between endorse and mandate

is that endorse is to support, to back, to give one's approval to, especially officially or by signature while mandate is to authorize.

As nouns the difference between endorse and mandate

is that endorse is a diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale while mandate is an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.

endorse

English

(Endorsement)

Alternative forms

* indorse

Verb

  • To support, to back, to give one's approval to, especially officially or by signature.
  • To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it.
  • To give an endorsement.
  • Derived terms

    * disendorse * endorsement

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (heraldiccharge) A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.
  • Usage notes

    When a narrow, vertical stripe appears in a coat of arms, it is usually termed a (pallet) when used as the primary charge in the absence of a pale''. The term ''endorse'' is typically used only when the stripes flank a central and wider ''pale''. Diminutive stripes flanking other ''ordinaries are termed (term).

    mandate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
  • Verb

    (mandat)
  • to authorize
  • to make mandatory
  • Derived terms

    * mandatary * mandator * mandatory