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Reputation vs Deputation - What's the difference?

reputation | deputation |

As nouns the difference between reputation and deputation

is that reputation is what somebody is known for while deputation is the act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.

reputation

English

(wikipedia reputation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • What somebody is known for.
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    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "reputation": good, great, excellent, bad, stellar, tarnished, evil, damaged, dubious, spotless, terrible, ruined, horrible, lost, literary, corporate, global, personal, academic, scientific, posthumous, moral, artistic.

    Synonyms

    * name

    Derived terms

    * reputational

    Related terms

    * repute

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    deputation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
  • * South
    • The authority of conscience stands founded upon its vicegerency and deputation under God.
  • The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; delegation; as, the general sent a deputation to the enemy to propose a truce.
  • Among Christian missionaries, the process or period of time during which they raise support in preparation for going to their mission field. This use of the word has been common in churches and mission organizations for over a century, but has recently been giving way to the more "bureaucratic" term "home ministry assignment". As commonly used, a missionary does deputation'' or is ''on deputation . However, the missionary is not called a "deputy" nor is the person said to be a part of a "deputation". Deputation begins when the missionary is officially commissioned to be a missionary, and it ends when the person goes to the mission field.

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