Nominate vs Dominate - What's the difference?
nominate | dominate |
To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.
(obsolete) To entitle, confer a name upon.
* 1658': the City of ''Norwich'' [...] was enlarged, builded and '''nominated by the ''Saxons''. — Sir Thomas Browne, ''Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 12)
(zoology) nominotypical
To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
To exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
To enjoy a commanding position in some field
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 15
, author=Michael Da Silva
, title=Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton
, work=BBC Sport
To overlook from a height
As verbs the difference between nominate and dominate
is that nominate is to name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office while dominate is to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power.As an adjective nominate
is nominotypical.nominate
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* (l)Adjective
(-)- the nominate subspecies
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(dominat)citation, page= , passage=Individual mistakes proved costly for Wigan who, particularly after the half-time introduction of Hugo Rodallega, dominated for long periods.}}