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institute | commission |

In transitive terms the difference between institute and commission

is that institute is to begin or initiate (something); to found while commission is to put into active service; as, commission a ship.

As an adjective institute

is established; organized; founded.

institute

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) institut, from (etyl), from (etyl) .

Noun

(wikipedia institute) (en noun)
  • An organization founded to promote a cause
    • I work in a medical research institute .
  • An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
  • The building housing such an institution
  • (obsolete) The act of instituting; institution.
  • * Milton
    • water sanctified by Christ's institute
  • (obsolete) That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law, habit, or custom.
  • * Burke
    • They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy.
  • * Dryden
    • to make the Stoics' institutes thy own
  • (legal, Scotland) The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.
    • (Tomlins)
    Derived terms
    * educational institute * research institute * academic institute

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (institut)
  • To begin or initiate (something); to found.
    • He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school.
  • * (rfdate) Shakespeare
    • And haply institute / A course of learning and ingenious studies.
  • * 1776 , (Thomas Jefferson), (Declaration of Independence) :
    • Whenever any from of government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government.
  • (obsolete) To train, instruct.
  • *, II.27:
  • *:Publius was the first that ever instituted the Souldier to manage his armes by dexteritie and skil, and joyned art unto vertue, not for the use of private contentions, but for the wars and Roman peoples quarrels.
  • * (rfdate) Dr. H. More
    • If children were early instituted , knowledge would insensibly insinuate itself.
  • To nominate; to appoint.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
    • We institute your Grace / To be our regent in these parts of France.
  • (ecclesiastical, legal) To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
    • (Blackstone)

    Related terms

    * institution * institutional

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Established; organized; founded.
  • * Robynson (More's Utopia)
    • They have but few laws. For to a people so instruct and institute , very few to suffice.

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    commission

    English

    (wikipedia commission)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
    • It was James Bond's commission to defeat the bad guys.
  • An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
    • David received his commission after graduating from West Point.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Let him see our commission .
  • The thing to be done as agent for another.
    • I have three commissions for the city.
  • A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
    • the European Commission; the Electoral Commission; the Federal Communications Commission
    The company's sexual harassment commission made sure that every employee completed the on-line course.
  • * Prescott
    • A commission was at once appointed to examine into the matter.
  • A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
    • a reseller's commission
    The real-estate broker charged a four percent commission for their knowledge on bidding for commercial properties; for their intellectual perspective on making a formal offer and the strategy to obtain a mutually satisfying deal with the seller in favour of the buyer .
  • The act of committing (e.g. a crime).
    • the commission , preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism
  • * South
    • Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness.

    Synonyms

    * body of officials: committee, government body * fee charged: brokerage

    Derived terms

    * commissioner * European Commission * out of commission

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
    • James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.
  • * 2012 , August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
    • Stanning, who was commissioned from Sandhurst in 2008 and has served in Aghanistan, is not the first solider to bail out the organisers at these Games but will be among the most celebrated.
  • To place an order for (often piece of art); as, commission a portrait.
    • He commissioned a replica of the Mona Lisa for his living room, but the painter gave up after six months.
  • To put into active service; as, commission a ship.
    • The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII.