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Nominative vs Nominate - What's the difference?

nominative | nominate |

As a noun nominative

is .

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.

nominative

English

(wikipedia nominative)

Adjective

(-)
  • (grammar) Giving a name; naming; designating; — said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.

    • Derived terms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The nominative case.
  • A noun in the nominative case.

    • 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

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