The difference between Promote and Relegate
When used as verbs, promote means to raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank, whereas relegate means exile or banish to a particular place.
Relegate is also noun with the meaning: a person who has been banished from proximity to rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.
Relegate is also adjective with the meaning: relegated.
check bellow for the other definitions of Promote and Relegate
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Promote as a verb (transitive):
To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
Examples:
"He promoted his clerk to office manager."
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Promote as a verb (transitive):
To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
Examples:
"They promoted the abolition of daylight saving time."
"They promoted the new film with giant billboards."
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Promote as a verb (transitive):
To encourage, urge or incite.
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Promote as a verb (sports, usually in passive form):
To elevate to the above league.
Examples:
"At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League."
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Promote as a verb (transitive, chemistry):
To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
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Promote as a verb (transitive, chess):
To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
Examples:
"Having crossed the chessboard, his pawn was promoted to a queen."
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Promote as a verb (intransitive, Singapore):
To move on to a subsequent stage of education.
Examples:
"At the end of Primary 6 students can promote directly to the secondary section of SIS."
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Relegate as a verb (transitive, done to a person):
Exile, banish, remove, or send away. Exile or banish to a particular place. Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere. Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate. Remove or send to a place far away.
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Relegate as a verb (transitive, in extended use):
Consign or assign. Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, or (especially) inferiority. Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification. Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
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Relegate as a verb (transitive):
Refer or submit. Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof. Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare . Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.
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Relegate as a noun (history, obsolete):
A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.
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Relegate as an adjective (archaic):
Relegated; exiled.