Difference between Committee and Commission

What is the difference between Committee and Commission?

Committee as a noun is a group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols while Commission as a noun is a sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).

Committee

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols a guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after himself or herself.

Example sentence: The minute somebody joins a committee... they immediately suffer from committee brain. They become wildly over-enthusiastic, over-optimistic, over-pessimistic. Committees turn people into idiots, and politics is a committee.

Commission

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function. Eg: The European Commission, The Electoral Commission, The Federal Communications Commission.A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction. Eg: Reseller commission, Finder's fee.the act of committing (e.g. a crime)

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.To place an order for (often piece of art); as, commission a portrait.To put into active service; as, commission a ship.

Example sentence: If I am actually a traitor or anti-national, come and form a national commission. I will be there, and those who call me a traitor should also be there, so that the 220 million people of Pakistan can see who is the actual culprit.

We hope you now know whether to use Committee or Commission in your sentence.

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