The difference between Designate and Term

When used as verbs, designate means to mark out and make known, whereas term means to phrase a certain way.

When used as adjectives, designate means designated, whereas term means born or delivered at term.


Term is also noun with the meaning: limitation, restriction or regulation.

check bellow for the other definitions of Designate and Term

  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. Term as a noun:

    Limitation, restriction or regulation.

  2. Term as a noun:

    Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.

    Examples:

    "Be sure to read the terms and conditions before signing."

  3. Term as a noun:

    That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.

  4. Term as a noun (geometry, archaic):

    A point, line, or superficies that limits.

    Examples:

    "A line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid."

  5. Term as a noun:

    A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.

    Examples:

    "Algorithm" is a term used in computer science."

  6. Term as a noun:

    Relations among people.

    Examples:

    "We are on friendly terms with each other."

  7. Term as a noun:

    Part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year.

  8. Term as a noun:

    Duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length.

    Examples:

    "He was [[sentenced]] to a term of six years in [[prison]]."

    "near-term, mid-term and long-term goals"

    "the term allowed to a debtor to discharge his debt"

  9. Term as a noun (of a patent):

    The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.

  10. Term as a noun (archaic):

    A menstrual period.

  11. Term as a noun (mathematics):

    Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.

    Examples:

    "All the terms of this sum cancel out."

    "One only term is odd nobr in ( 12; 3; 4 )."

  12. Term as a noun (logic):

    The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.

  13. Term as a noun (astrology):

    An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.

  14. Term as a noun (architecture):

    A quadrangular pillar, adorned on top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr.

  15. Term as a noun (nautical):

    A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek J. Knowles"

  1. Term as a verb:

    To phrase a certain way; to name or call.

  1. Term as an adjective (medicine, colloquial):

    Born or delivered at term.

    Examples:

    "term neonate"

  1. Term as a noun (computing, informal):

    terminal

  1. Term as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To terminate one's employment

  1. Term as a noun:

    One whose employment has been terminated