Legate vs. Delegate — What's the Difference?

An official emissary, especially an official representative of the pope.

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

A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.

A representative to a conference or convention.

An ambassador or messenger.

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

The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome.

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

(transitive) To leave as a legacy.

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

An ambassador or envoy.

To commit or entrust to another

An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with the authority of the Holy See.

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

An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province.

A representative at a conference, etc.

A member of a legation

(US) An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.

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

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To authorize someone to be a delegate

To commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate

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

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

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

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

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

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

A person appointed or elected to represent others

Transfer power to someone

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