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Premium vs Sophisticate - What's the difference?

premium | sophisticate |

As nouns the difference between premium and sophisticate

is that premium is bonus (extra amount of money given as a premium) while sophisticate is a worldly-wise person.

As a verb sophisticate is

to make less natural or innocent.

As an adjective sophisticate is

adulterated; not pure; not genuine.

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

    sophisticate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A worldly-wise person
  • * '' , episode ''Sailor Mouth
  • Patrick: Because classy sophisticates like us should not stain our lips with cursing.
    SpongeBob: Yea verily!

    Verb

    (sophisticat)
  • To make less natural or innocent.
  • * 1956–1960 , (second edition, 1960), chapter ii: “Motives and Motivation”, page 38:
  • Psychologists have developed quasi-causal theories to explain'' the directedness of behaviour, to answer the question ‘Why are certain sorts of reasons operative?’ and these theories may well have insinuated themselves into ordinary language as part of the meaning of “motive”. It might well be, therefore, that people who are slightly sophisticated by psychological theories assume some such necessary connexion [''sc. between giving the motive for an action and making any assertions of a causal kind about a man’s emotional state].
  • To practice sophistry; change the meaning of, or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive.
  • To sophisticate the understanding. — Southey.
    Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate , not to refine. — M. Arnold.
  • To alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive.
  • To sophisticate wine. — Howell.
    They purchase but sophisticated ware. — Dryden.
  • To make more complex or refined.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.
  • * Dryden
  • So truth, while only one supplied the state, / Grew scarce and dear, and yet sophisticate .