Delegate vs. Proxy — What's the Difference?

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy or agent.

One appointed or authorized to act for another, especially a person appointed to vote as one wishes at a meeting.

A representative to a conference or convention.

The authority to act for another.

A member of a House of Delegates, the lower house of the Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia legislature.

The written authorization to act in place of another.

An elected or appointed representative of a US territory in the House of Representatives who is entitled to speak but not vote.

An entity or variable used to model or generate data assumed to resemble the data associated with another entity or variable that is typically more difficult to research.

To authorize and send (another person) as one's representative.

(Computers) A server that processes requests and forwards information between a client and another server.

To commit or entrust to another

Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.

A representative at a conference, etc.

The authority to act for another, especially when written.

(US) An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.

The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts

(computing) A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer.

(sciences) A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another

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(software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.

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A proximity mine; a mine that explodes when something approaches within a certain distance.

To authorize someone to be a delegate

To serve as a proxy for.

To commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate

(networking) To function as a server for a client device, but pass on the requests to another server for service.

To give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own

The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity.

Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another.

One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting.

A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.

Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge.

The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.

To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.

See Procuration.

To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.

To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another.

A person appointed or elected to represent others

A person authorized to act for another

Transfer power to someone

A power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting

Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)