The difference between Designate and Name
When used as verbs, designate means to mark out and make known, whereas name means to give a name to.
Designate is also adjective with the meaning: designated.
Name is also noun with the meaning: any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
check bellow for the other definitions of Designate and Name
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Designate as an adjective:
Designated; appointed; chosen.
Examples:
"rfquotek Sir G. Buck"
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Designate as a verb:
To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
Examples:
"usex to designate the boundaries of a country"
"usex to designate the rioters who are to be arrested"
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Designate as a verb:
To call by a distinctive title; to name.
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Designate as a verb:
To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
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Name as a noun:
Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
Examples:
"I've never liked the name my parents gave me so I changed it at the age of twenty."
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Name as a noun:
Reputation.
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Name as a noun:
An abusive or insulting epithet.
Examples:
"Stop calling me names!"
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Name as a noun:
A person (or legal person).
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Name as a noun:
Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
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Name as a noun (computing):
A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
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Name as a noun (UK, finance):
An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.
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Name as a noun:
Authority.
Examples:
"Halt in the name of the law!"
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Name as a verb (transitive):
To give a name to.
Examples:
"One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting."
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Name as a verb (transitive):
To mention, specify.
Examples:
"He named his demands."
"You name it!"
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Name as a verb (transitive):
To identify as relevant or important
Examples:
"'naming the problem"
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Name as a verb (transitive):
To publicly implicate.
Examples:
"The painter was named as an accomplice."
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Name as a verb (transitive):
To designate for a role.
Examples:
"My neighbor was named to the steering committee."
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Name as a verb (transitive, Westminster system politics):
To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
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Name as a noun:
Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.