While they both involve choosing something or someone from a variety of choices, electing infers that the choice was made based on some sort of vote. In other words, electing is a type of selecting done by voting.
The words elect and erect have completely different meanings... Erect --- upright, construct, build Elect --- choose, nominate
Select is when you pick choices and choose is to pick between choices.
well,a democratic country gets to elect/vote their Prime Minister,while some other countries do not vote but they select a person with knowledge and money
In a republic, people elect representatives to do the governing.
The homophone for select meaning "to choose" is "selekt."
Select Pick Choose Elect and Prefer
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ExecuteQuery() :To Execute SELECT StatementExecuteNonQuery() :To Execute Other Than Select Statements (INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE)
a state represenative will meet with each candidate in a MEETING (the difference between caucuses and primaries) and the elect delegates.
A synonym for both "select" and "elect" that is also a homophone is "cite." While "cite" primarily means to quote or refer to, it can also imply choosing or selecting something, particularly in the context of referencing sources.
Carry select adder is used to select the carry during addition of two numbers. If those numbers are of 64 bits, then we call it as a 64 bit carry select adder.
That was a compromise between those who thought that Congress should select the President and those who thought the voting public should elect him.