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Recruit vs Nominate - What's the difference?

recruit | nominate |

As verbs the difference between recruit and nominate

is that recruit is to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, military, etc while nominate is to name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.

As a noun recruit

is a supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.

As an adjective nominate is

(zoology) nominotypical.

recruit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
  • A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
  • A hired worker
    • These new recruits were hired after passing the interviews
  • (biology, ecology) A new member of a certain population, usually referring to a juvenile.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, military, etc.
    • We need to recruit more admin staff to deal with the massive surge in popularity of our products
  • To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster
    • the army was recruited for a campaign .
    they were looking to recruit two thousand troops for battle
  • (archaic) To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy lack or deficiency in
    • Food recruits''' the flesh; fresh air and exercise '''recruit the spirits.
  • * Glanvill
    • Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their colour.
  • (dated) To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like
    • Lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.
    Go to the country to recruit .

    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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