co-opt vs designate

co-opt

verb
  • To commandeer, appropriate or take over. 

  • To absorb or assimilate into an established group. 

  • To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee. 

designate

verb
  • To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station. 

  • To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description 

  • To call by a distinctive title; to name. 

adj
  • Designated; appointed; chosen. 

  • Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role. 

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