Proponent vs Quangocrat - What's the difference?
proponent | quangocrat |
One who supports something; an advocate
* 2012 November 2, Ken Belson, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/sports/new-york-city-marathon-will-not-be-held-sunday.html?hp&_r=0]," New York Times (retrieved 2 November 2012):
Making proposals; proposing.
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A proponent of quangocracy.
* 1990 , Martin Mayer, The Greatest-ever Bank Robbery: The Collapse of the Savings and Loan Industry
* 1994 , The Economist
* 1999 , Bill Jones, Political Issues in Britain Today
* 2002 , Sarah Ferris, Poet John Hewitt, 1907-1987 and Criticism of Northern Irish Protestant Writing
As nouns the difference between proponent and quangocrat
is that proponent is one who supports something; an advocate while quangocrat is a proponent of quangocracy.As an adjective proponent
is making proposals; proposing.proponent
English
Noun
(en noun)- Proponents of the race — notably Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Mary Wittenberg, director of the marathon — said the event would provide a needed morale boost, as well as an economic one.
Synonyms
* exponentAntonyms
* detractor * opponentAdjective
(-)quangocrat
English
Noun
(en noun)- Right now, FCA is what the British call a 'quango,' for Quasi-Autonomous National Governmental Organization, and Popejoy is a quangocrat playing chicken.
- In many parts of Britain a new class of quangocrat has emerged, and nowhere more so than in Wales.
- As Nolan moved in to stop payments for sitting on such boards, The Guardian identified the main 'quangocrat' as Sir Brian Shaw, who received £4000 per day...
- In the hands of a genuinely well-meaning Arts Council, it also means 'power', exercised by some genuinely well-meaning quangocrat .