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Nominee vs Nominate - What's the difference?

nominee | nominate |

As a noun nominee

is a person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.

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

nominotypical.

nominee

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.
  • A person or organisation in whose name a security is registered though true ownership is held by another party, called nominator, especially for the purpose of concealing the identity of the nominator.
    • The Supreme Court confiscated half of Thaksin Shinawatra's fortune after finding that, while being Prime Minister, he held shares in commercial companies through nominees .

    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

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    Adjective

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  • (zoology) nominotypical
    • the nominate subspecies

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