The difference between Designate and Style

When used as verbs, designate means to mark out and make known, whereas style means to create or give a style, fashion or image to.


Designate is also adjective with the meaning: designated.

Style is also noun with the meaning: a manner of doing or presenting things, especially a fashionable one.

check bellow for the other definitions of Designate and Style

  1. Designate as an adjective:

    Designated; appointed; chosen.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Sir G. Buck"

  1. 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"

  2. Designate as a verb:

    To call by a distinctive title; to name.

  3. 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.

  1. Style as a noun:

    A manner of doing or presenting things, especially a fashionable one.

  2. Style as a noun:

    Flair; grace; fashionable skill.

    Examples:

    "As a dancer, he has a lot of style."

  3. Style as a noun (botany):

    The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.

  4. Style as a noun:

    A traditional or legal term preceding a reference to a person who holds a title or post.

  5. Style as a noun:

    A traditional or legal term used to address a person who holds a title or post.

    Examples:

    "the style of Majesty"

  6. Style as a noun (nonstandard):

    A stylus.

  7. Style as a noun (obsolete):

    A pen; an author's pen.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  8. Style as a noun:

    A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.

  9. Style as a noun:

    A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.

  10. Style as a noun:

    A long, slender, bristle-like process.

    Examples:

    "the anal styles of insects"

  11. Style as a noun:

    The pin, or gnomon, of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.

  12. Style as a noun (computing):

    A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as bold or italic.

    Examples:

    "applying styles to text in a wordprocessor"

    "Cascading Style Sheets"

  1. Style as a verb (transitive):

    To create or give a style, fashion or image to.

  2. Style as a verb (transitive):

    To call or give a name or title to.