Difference between Charge and Appoint

What is the difference between Charge and Appoint?

Charge as a verb is to place a burden upon. while Appoint as a verb is to fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

Charge

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To place a burden upon. To assign a duty to. To formally accuse of a crime. To assign a debit to an account. To pay on account, as by using a credit card. To cause to take on an electric charge. To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat, on horseback or both. To attack by moving forward quickly in a group. To commit a charging foul. (of a batsman) To take a few steps doen the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball. To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: responsibility. Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher. A load or burden; cargo. The amount of money levied for a service. An instruction. A ground attack against a prepared enemy. An accusation. An electric charge. An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender. A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge. An image displayed on an escutcheon.

Example sentence: I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.

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: Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.

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

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