Mandate vs Responsibility - What's the difference?
mandate | responsibility |
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
to authorize
to make mandatory
The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable.
A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.
(military) The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion. With responsibility goes authority to direct and take the necessary action to ensure success. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).
(military) The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to the possession or supervision of an individual. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).
As nouns the difference between mandate and responsibility
is that mandate is an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept while responsibility is the state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable.As a verb mandate
is to authorize.mandate
English
(wikipedia mandate)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(mandat)Derived terms
* mandatary * mandator * mandatoryExternal links
* * ----responsibility
English
Noun
(responsibilities)- Responsibility is a heavy burden.
- Why didn't you clean the house? That was your responsibility !
- The responsibility of the great states is to serve and not to dominate the world -
Synonyms
* responsiblenessSee also
* accountabilityReferences
* * * Feltus, C.; Petit, M. (2009). "Building a Responsibility Model Including Accountability, Capability and Commitment", Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security'', Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ( IEEE ), Fukuoka, 2009.''Building a Responsibility Model Including Accountability, Capability and Commitment
