Mandate vs Approval - What's the difference?
mandate | approval | Synonyms |
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
to authorize
to make mandatory
An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements.
An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
(especially, philately) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match his stated interests; he can approve of or return the item.
As nouns the difference between mandate and approval
is that mandate is an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept while approval is an expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.As a verb mandate
is to authorize.mandate
English
(wikipedia mandate)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(mandat)Derived terms
* mandatary * mandator * mandatoryExternal links
* * ----approval
English
Noun
(en noun)- I need to get an approval on this purchase order.
- Words of approval never seem to come from him.