What's the difference between anointed and empower?

Anointed


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Anoint

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The anointed heir, Xi Jinping , commanded less attention than former general secretary Jiang Zemin, seated next to current leader Hu Jintao.
  • (2) An hour later, Corbyn, looking cheerful and well-rested, makes his way with difficulty by bicycle through the crowds in the Mall to the palace, where he is to be anointed.
  • (3) After all, every veto holder had attacked another country in defiance of the charter, but no one had ever disputed the alleged Westphalian right of each anointed thug to mistreat his "own" people.
  • (4) And he expounded his new vision – a United States of Africa, with Sirte as its capital, and himself as its self-anointed king of kings.
  • (5) And having got in, many of the newly anointed global leaders don't seem willing to widen the net further.
  • (6) It likes to back a winner and, remarkably, it always manages to secure a level of payback from whichever party it chooses to anoint that goes way beyond its value to them.
  • (7) Did it originate with the pet peeve of a self-anointed maven?
  • (8) Bill Kristol thinks Walker’s showing “ basic talent, hard work and real improvement .” And Bill Kristol has only run Dan Quayle’s office, anointed Sarah Palin and been wrong about every single step of the Middle East at every point of the timeline like a Shrödinger’s Cat exercise in being a moron.
  • (9) The apparently successful launch will have bolstered the credentials of North Korea's 29-year-old leader, Kim Jong-un, who was anointed last year after the death of his father, Kim Jong-il.
  • (10) Carwyn Jones will remain first minister but his anointment threatened to be overshadowed by a sexism row after Ukip’s leader at the assembly, the former Tory MP Neil Hamilton , branded two senior female assembly members “political concubines” and called Plaid a “cheap date”.
  • (11) The financial turmoil at St George’s University hospital, London – just one month after it was anointed with foundation status – is troubling evidence that the NHS’s financial systems are not good enough.
  • (12) Last week, Leahy announced he was planning to retire in March after 14 years in charge and the current head of the international business Philip Clarke was anointed chief executive designate.
  • (13) In Greece Papademos was sworn in, anointed by the Archbishop of Athens.
  • (14) Nor was there any " symbolic anointing " of him in anyone's mind other than his own.)
  • (15) Democrats in Iowa have reservations about Clinton , and are hostile to the idea that their role is simply to anoint the candidate-in-waiting whom they rejected eight years ago.
  • (16) It is clear that ingestion of anointing oil is dangerous; even topically, significant absorption of naphthalene may occur especially in infants, as it is oil-based.
  • (17) Britain’s fastest-growing city is not, strictly speaking, an official city, mysteriously overlooked by government officials who anoint less significant places, but its residents have always called it one.
  • (18) Dozens of Tea Party supporters appeared outside the inn, anointing this rural spot, 20 miles from the nearest town, Asheville, as a symbolic battleground.
  • (19) There is a certain duty that comes with being the anointed purveyor of truth.
  • (20) Poulter was recently anointed one of Hollywood’s impressive youth, included in Vanity Fair’s “next wave” issue in June, and won Bafta’s rising star award in February.

Empower


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor.
  • (v. t.) To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Many would argue that patient education has been used to serve the needs of the health care professional (through compliance) rather than empowering the patient.
  • (2) Long-term: The defeat of Isis is a political shaping exercise – you find moderate Sunni leaders, empower and install them in Syria and Iraq.
  • (3) What emerges strongly is the expressed belief of many that Isis can be persuasive, liberating and empowering.
  • (4) Read more “We know Tafe can be transformative for people who are doing it hard, bringing new skills to Indigenous communities, helping close the gender pay gap, empowering mature-age workers with the chance to retrain – not standing by while people from Holden and Ford are cast on the scrapheap,” Shorten will say.
  • (5) The genius of a democracy governed by the rule of law, our democracy, is that it both empowers the majority through the ballot box, and constrains the majority, its government, so that it is bound by law.” Turnbull added: “Why does Daesh [another term for Islamic State] hate us?
  • (6) To empower these nurses to respond effectively, it is imperative that the profession be reclarified as a specialty with a distinct philosophy and mission.
  • (7) We believe that listening to staff and empowering them to improve and contribute means there is likely to be a proportionate improvement in our patients' experience.
  • (8) The public, throughout the years of the coalition government, has been empowered to distrust teachers.
  • (9) Violent relationships aren’t limited to black eyes so it’s vital women are empowered to deal with psychological abuse as well, Australian of the Year Rosie Batty says.
  • (10) CAL is seen as a means of empowering the patient, rather than the nurse to take control, and this is viewed as a positive move in the direction of self-care.
  • (11) The revolution proved that a framework enabling people to self-organise in small but coordinated communities will empower them and set free their creative energies.
  • (12) These choices now open the way for Mr Juncker to pick the rest of his commission team, all of whom will face confirmation hearings at the newly empowered European parliament before the new commission takes over the reins in two months’ time.
  • (13) To counter this trend, Pol DHuyvetter, a Belgian who has lived in Babilônia since 2012, launched solar power project RevoluSolar, empowering residents to become energy self-sufficient as electricity bills have risen.
  • (14) Big Society Capital recently launched a £1m investment in Developing and Empowering Resources in Communities (Deric) , which has been proven in trials to increase care time by around 25%.
  • (15) These stages helped in shaping the characteristics of the discipline as a human science, a practice science, a science with social goals to empower nurses to provide effective and quality care, and one in which gender differences and the need for understanding minorities are areas of primary concern.
  • (16) Introduce 'new homes zones' But we need also to unlock land for development, empowering those who want to build high-quality homes quickly with the means to do so.
  • (17) The sanctity of voting in private may be one of the pillars of democracy, but in an age of byzantine disenfranchisement rules and empowering social-media platforms, outlawing a picture of your candidate selection is a missed opportunity and a failure of imagination.
  • (18) This is supposed to "empower" them and make it much easier for them to be held to account when budgets go awry, as they have a habit of doing in defence.
  • (19) The law also empowers courts to bar the journalists from working in their profession for up to a year.
  • (20) It may also be empowered to set limits on the size of loans that can be granted relative to a borrower's income.

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