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
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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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Style as a noun:
A manner of doing or presenting things, especially a fashionable one.
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Style as a noun:
Flair; grace; fashionable skill.
Examples:
"As a dancer, he has a lot of style."
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Style as a noun (botany):
The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
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Style as a noun:
A traditional or legal term preceding a reference to a person who holds a title or post.
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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"
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Style as a noun (nonstandard):
A stylus.
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Style as a noun (obsolete):
A pen; an author's pen.
Examples:
"rfquotek Dryden"
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Style as a noun:
A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.
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Style as a noun:
A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.
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Style as a noun:
A long, slender, bristle-like process.
Examples:
"the anal styles of insects"
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Style as a noun:
The pin, or gnomon, of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.
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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"
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Style as a verb (transitive):
To create or give a style, fashion or image to.
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Style as a verb (transitive):
To call or give a name or title to.