Difference between Appointment and Naming

What is the difference between Appointment and Naming?

Appointment as a noun is the act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust. while Naming as a noun is a ritual or ceremony in which a name is given to a person.

Appointment

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust. The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. An arrangement for a meeting; an engagement. Decree; direction; established order or constitutio. (Law) The exercise of the power of designating (under a power of appointment) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords. A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.

Example sentence: Our second remark is, that the office is of divine appointment, not merely in the sense in which the civil powers are ordained of God, but in the sense that ministers derive their authority from Christ, and not from the people.

Naming

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Associated with the process of giving a name to a person or thing.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (ditransitive) To give a name to.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A ritual or ceremony in which a name is given to a person.The process of giving names to things.The act of announcing the name of a person, organization etc.

Example sentence: We, like the people of Israel, would like to think we get to name God. By naming God, we hope to get the kind of god we need; that is, a god after our own likeness.

We hope you now know whether to use Appointment or Naming in your sentence.

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