As verbs the difference between mandate and stipulate
is that mandate is to authorize while stipulate is to require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
As a noun mandate
is an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
As an adjective stipulate is
having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.
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
External links
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stipulate
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Verb
(stipulat)
To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.
To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.
Derived terms
* stipulated
* stipulation
* stipulative
Etymology 2
Adjective
(-)
(botany) Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.
Antonyms
* exstipulate
