different between vocation vs commission
vocation
English
Etymology
From Middle English vocacioun, from Old French vocation, from Latin voc?ti?.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /vo??ke???n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /v???ke???n/
- Hyphenation: vo?ca?tion
Noun
vocation (countable and uncountable, plural vocations)
- An inclination to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; often in response to a perceived summons; a calling.
- An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified.
Hypernyms
- job
- labour
- occupation
- work
Derived terms
- vocational
Related terms
- vocative
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French vocation, borrowed from Latin voc?ti?, voc?ti?nem.
Pronunciation
Noun
vocation f (plural vocations)
- vocation (calling)
- vocation (employment; career; work)
Related terms
- vocal
- vocatif
- voix
Further reading
- “vocation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vocatio, vocationem.
Noun
vocation f (oblique plural vocations, nominative singular vocation, nominative plural vocations)
- call; calling; appeal
- (specifically, euphemistic) passing away; death; an instance of dying
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commission
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French commission, from Latin commissi? (“sending together; commission”), from prefix com- (“with”), + noun of action missi? (“sending”), from perfect passive participle missus (“sent”), from the verb mitt? (“to send”), + noun of action suffix -i?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??m???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
commission (countable and uncountable, plural commissions)
- A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
- An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
- The thing to be done as agent for another.
- A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- A commission was at once appointed to examine into the matter.
- Synonyms: committee, government body
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
- Hyponyms: (to a broker) brokerage, (to a shroff) shroffage
- The act of committing (e.g. a crime).
- Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness.
- Antonym: omission
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
commission (third-person singular simple present commissions, present participle commissioning, simple past and past participle commissioned)
- (transitive) To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
- 2012, August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
- Stanning, who was commissioned from Sandhurst in 2008 and has served in Afghanistan, is not the first solider to bail out the organisers at these Games but will be among the most celebrated.
- 2012, August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
- (transitive) To place an order for (often piece of art)
- (transitive) To put into active service
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin commissio, commissionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.mi.sj??/
Noun
commission f (plural commissions)
- commission (fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction)
Derived terms
- Commission européenne
Descendants
- ? Persian: ???????? (komisiyon)
- ? Turkish: komisyon
Further reading
- “commission” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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