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Premium vs Exclusive - What's the difference?

premium | exclusive |

As adjectives the difference between premium and exclusive

is that premium is superior in quality; higher in price or value while exclusive is excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.

As nouns the difference between premium and exclusive

is that premium is a prize or award while exclusive is information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.

premium

English

(wikipedia premium)

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Adjective

(-)
  • Superior in quality; higher in price or value.

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A prize or award.
  • Something offered at a reduced price as an inducement to buy something else.
  • A bonus paid in addition to normal payments.
  • The amount to be paid for an insurance policy.
  • An unusually high value.
  • (finance) The amount by which a security's value exceeds its face value.

    • Usage notes

    * (term) is much less common than (premiums), accounting for less than 1% of total usage in US (COCA) and 4% in UK (BNC).

    Antonyms

    * (finance) discount

    Derived terms

    (Terms derived from the adjective or noun "premium") * at a premium * buyer's premium * premium bond * premium outlet

    exclusive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
  • (figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or reknown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of celebrity, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.
    • Exclusive''' clubs tend to serve ' exclusive brands of food and drinks, in the same exorbitant price range, such as the 'finest' French châteaux.
  • exclusionary
  • whole, undivided, entire
    • ''The teacher's pet commands the teacher's exclusive attention.

    Antonyms

    * inclusive * non-exclusive

    Derived terms

    * exclusively * exclusiveness * exclusive or * exclusive right * exclusivity * mutually exclusive

    Related terms

    * exclusion * exclude * excludent (discrimination)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.
    • ''The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially distastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier nature
  • (grammar) A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only'', ''solely'', or ''simply .

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