Difference between Depute and Delegate

What is the difference between Depute and Delegate?

Depute as a verb is to delegate. while Delegate as a verb is to authorize someone to be a delegate

Depute

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To delegate. To deputize.

Delegate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to authorize someone to be a delegateto commit a task to someone, especially a subordinateto give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of yours

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputya representative at a conference, etc.an appointed representative in some legislative bodiesa type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer

Example sentence: Be able to delegate, because there are some things that you just can't do by yourself.

We hope you now know whether to use Depute or Delegate in your sentence.

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