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Humiliate vs Surrogate - What's the difference?

humiliate | surrogate |

In lang=en terms the difference between humiliate and surrogate

is that humiliate is to injure a person's dignity and self-respect while surrogate is to replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor.

As verbs the difference between humiliate and surrogate

is that humiliate is to injure a person's dignity and self-respect while surrogate is to replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor.

As a noun surrogate is

a substitute (usually of a person, position or role).

As an adjective surrogate is

of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.

humiliate

English

Verb

(humiliat)
  • To injure a person's dignity and self-respect.

    • Synonyms

    * debase * disgrace * humble * shame * See also

    Related terms

    * humble * humiliation * humility

    External links

    * * ----

    surrogate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
  • A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate mother.
  • (chiefly, British) A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
  • : A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
  • A surrogate'' or ''surrogate key is a unique identifier for either an entity in the modeled world or an object in the database.
  • (computing) Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.

    • Verb

    (surrogat)
  • To replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor.

    • Synonyms

    * deputize, foster, replace, subrogate, substitute

    See also

    * surrogatum ----