designate vs entitle

designate

verb
  • To call by a distinctive title; to name. 

  • 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 

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. 

entitle

verb
  • To give a title to. 

  • To give power or authority (to do something). 

  • To dignify by an honorary designation. 

  • To give a title to a book, film, play, etc. 

  • To give rightful ownership. 

How often have the words designate and entitle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )