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Nominate vs Nomenclature - What's the difference?

nominate | nomenclature |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between nominate and nomenclature

is that nominate is (obsolete) to entitle, confer a name upon while nomenclature is (obsolete) a name.

As a verb nominate

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

As an adjective nominate

is (zoology) nominotypical.

As a noun nomenclature is

(obsolete) a name.

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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    nomenclature

    Noun

  • (obsolete) A name.
  • A set of names or terms.
  • A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.
  • *
  • It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.

    Synonyms

    * terminology

    Derived terms

    * zoological nomenclature

    See also

    * taxonomy