Nominate and Select

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Nominate verb - To pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty.

Usage example: the U.S. Constitution directs the president to nominate ambassadors

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Select is a synonym for nominate in appoint topic. In some cases you can use "Select" instead a verb "Nominate", when it comes to topics like assign.

Select verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

Usage example: selected only two people out of 300 applicants for the summer internship

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Nominate is a synonym for select in choose topic. You can use "Nominate" instead a verb "Select", if it concerns topics such as assign.

character	nominate character	select character
champion	nominate champion	select champion

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