Difference between Official and Semiofficial

OFFICIAL vs SEMIOFFICIAL: NOUN

One who holds an office or position, especially one who acts in a subordinate capacity for an institution such as a corporation or governmental agency.
A referee or umpire.
An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
An office holder invested with powers and authorities.
A worker who holds or is invested with an office
Someone who administers the rules of a game or sport
A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.
One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
In English ecclesiastical law, a person appointed as judge by a bishop, chapter, or archdeacon, to hear causes in the ecclesiastical courts.
One who is invested with an office of a public nature; one holding a civil appointment: as, a government official; a railway official.

Having official authority or sanction
(of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
Conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline
Of or relating to an office
Of or relating to an office or a post of authority.
Authorized by a proper authority; authoritative.
Holding office or serving in a public capacity.
Characteristic of or befitting a person of authority; formal.
Authorized by or contained in the US Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary. Used of drugs.
Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal
Verified officially
Discharging an office or function.
Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopœia; appointed to be used in medicine. Cf. Officinal.
Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
Approved by authority; authorized.

Bearing some but not all the power of being official. As a semioffical opinion that is offered as probably correct and accurate but may be overturned on review and replaced by an official statement.
Half official; having some official authority or importance.
Having some official authority or sanction

In pharm., authorized by the pharmacopœia of some country or countries: as, an official drug; an official preparation. In this sense recent, displacing the broader term officinal.
Of or pertaining to office or the performance of the duties of an office: as, official duty; official cares or responsibility.
Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; hence, authorized: as, an official statement or report.
Performing duties or offices; rendering useful service; ministering.

Partly official; having some degree of official authority; made upon information from those who have official knowledge: as, a semi-official confirmation of a report; a semi-official organ.

Staffer, Unofficial, Spokesman, Offical, Prescribed, Established, Regular, Ex officio, Authoritative, Formalized, Authorized, Formal, Semiofficial, Confirmed, Functionary

Propagandistic, Governmental, Authoritative, Secretive, Quasi, Reformist, Nonpolitical, Hardline, Anatolian, Diplomatic, Nongovernmental, Semi official, Semi formal, Unofficial, Official

Staffer, Unofficial, Spokesman, Offical, Prescribed, Established, Regular, Ex officio, Authoritative, Formalized, Authorized, Formal, Semiofficial, Confirmed, Functionary

Propagandistic, Governmental, Authoritative, Secretive, Quasi, Reformist, Nonpolitical, Hardline, Anatolian, Diplomatic, Nongovernmental, Semi official, Semi formal, Unofficial, Official

Any or all data that does not match the official record or official list of inmates should be considered inaccurate.
Applicants who earned a GED must present official GED results and official transcripts or any partial high school completion.
One copy will need to be an official university transcript translated into English by an official translation agency.
Are test scores listed on an official high school transcript counted as official test results?
The notary public shall authenticate with the official seal all official acts.
Official Map Article IV of the MPC enables municipalities to prepare an official map.
Textbooks, official reports, academic articles, essays, business letters, contracts, official speeches.
Department designated by the Building Official as an Electrical Official.
In other countries, official government translators issue official translations.
Every applicant must submit official transcripts with the school seal stamp and official signature sent directly by a school official.

See Also 60.22. 60.4 Records of Department of Justice Officials 60.4.1 Records of the Attorney General Textual Records: Confidential and semiofficial letters sent, 1877-1901.
With rare exceptions, when truly important people, the subjects of official and semiofficial histories, fought, they fought on horseback.
Semiofficial record of events when Ellenberger was Assistant Magistrate and Assistant Commissioner, Southern District, Bechuanaland Protectorate.
When the results are announced, one or two candidates will be propelled into semiofficial front-runner status.
Most have at least three official or semiofficial functions.