Nominate vs. Elect — What's the Difference?

Propose or formally enter as a candidate for election or for an honour or award

To select by vote for an office or for membership

Specify (something) formally, typically the date or place for an event

To pick out; select

Denoting a race or subspecies which is given the same epithet as the species to which it belongs, e.g. Homo sapiens sapiens

To decide, especially by preference

To propose as a candidate in an election or as one to be considered for an honor or prize

To select by divine will for salvation. Used of God.

To designate or appoint to an office or responsibility

Chosen deliberately; singled out

To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.

Elected but not yet installed. Often used in combination

(cue sports) To specify in advance which pocket a ball eill be potted in; to call; to name.

Chosen for marriage. Often used in combination

(obsolete) To entitle, confer a name upon.

Selected by divine will for salvation.

(zoology) nominotypical

One that is chosen or selected.

To mention by name; to name.

One selected by divine will for salvation.

To call; to entitle; to denominate.

(used with a pl. verb) An exclusive group of people. Used with the

To set down in express terms; to state.

One chosen or set apart.

To name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint; esp., to name as a candidate for an election, choice, or appointment; to propose by name, or offer the name of, as a candidate for an office or place.

(theology) In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.

Propose as a candidate for some honor

(transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something)

Put forward; nominate for appointment to an office;

(transitive) To choose (a candidate) in an election

Charge with a function; charge to be;

(postpositive) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.

Create and charge with a task or function;

Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.

Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.

Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to eternal life.

Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect.

One chosen or set apart.

Those who are chosen for salvation.

To pick out; to select; to choose.

To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor.

To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor.

An exclusive group of people;

Select by a vote for an office or membership;

Choose;

Selected as the best;

Elected but not yet installed in office;