Participant vs Delegate - What's the difference?
participant | delegate |
Sharing; participating; having a share of part.
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** Therefore during the parliament he published his royal proclamation, offering pardon and grace of restitution to all such as had taken arms, or been participant of any attempts against him;
a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy
a representative at a conference, etc.
(US) an appointed representative in some legislative bodies
(computing) a type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer
to authorize someone to be a delegate
to commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate
(computing, Internet) (of a subdomain) to give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of yours
As nouns the difference between participant and delegate
is that participant is one who participates while delegate is a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.As an adjective participant
is sharing; participating; having a share of part.As a verb delegate is
to authorize someone to be a delegate.participant
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Synonyms
* partaker, participatorAdjective
(-)History of the Reign of King Henry VII