Difference between Appoint and Nominate

What is the difference between Appoint and Nominate?

Appoint as a verb is to fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out. while Nominate as a verb is to name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.

Appoint

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out. To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of. To assign, designate, or set apart by authority. To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out. , (Law): To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance;—said of an estate already conveyed. --Alexander Mansfield Burrill. Kent.

Example sentence: President Trump should appoint a special presidential envoy and empower them to wage an unconventional war against Taliban and Daesh forces, to hold the corrupt officials accountable and to negotiate with their Afghan counterparts and the Afghan Taliban that are willing to reconcile with Kabul.

Nominate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.To entitle, confer a name upon.

We hope you now know whether to use Appoint or Nominate in your sentence.

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