Relegate vs. Demote

To consign to an inferior or obscure place, rank, category, or condition

To reduce in grade, rank, or status

To refer or assign (a matter or task, for example) for decision or action

(transitive) To lower the rank or status of.

Exile, banish, remove, or send away.

(transitive) To relegate.

Exile or banish to a particular place.

To reduce to a lower grade or rank, as in the military, one's employment, or in school; to assign to a lower position.

Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.

assign to a lower position; reduce in rank;

Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.

Remove or send to a place far away.

Consign or assign.

Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.

Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.

Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.

(transitive) Refer or submit.

Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.

Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.

Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.

A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.

(archaic) Relegated; exiled.

To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.

refer to another person for decision or judgment;

assign to a lower position; reduce in rank;

expel, as if by official decree;

assign to a class or kind;