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Nominate vs Innominate - What's the difference?

nominate | innominate |

As adjectives the difference between nominate and innominate

is that nominate is (zoology) nominotypical while innominate is having no name; anonymous.

As a verb nominate

is to name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.

nominate

English

Verb

(nominat)
  • 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)

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (zoology) nominotypical
    • the nominate subspecies

    Anagrams

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    innominate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having no name; anonymous.

    • Derived terms

    * innominate bone