delegation vs relegation

delegation

noun
  • An act of delegating. 

  • The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate) 

  • A group of delegates used to discuss issues with an opponent. 

  • A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls. 

relegation

noun
  • The act of being relegated 

  • Moving from one division to a lower one, due to poor results 

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