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Prerogative vs Derogatory - What's the difference?

prerogative | derogatory |

As nouns the difference between prerogative and derogatory

is that prerogative is a hereditary or official right or privilege while derogatory is a trade-line on a credit report that includes negative credit history.

As adjectives the difference between prerogative and derogatory

is that prerogative is having a hereditary or official right or privilege while derogatory is tending to derogate, or lessen in value of someone; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious.

prerogative

English

(wikipedia prerogative)

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hereditary or official right or privilege.
  • A right, or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc, especially such a power to make a decision or judgement.
  • A right, generally
  • * 2002 , Patrick Robinson, The Shark Mutiny , page 48:
    • "Ah, that's your prerogative' as an Intelligence officer, Jimmy. But it's been your ' prerogative for weeks, months, and nothing has happened, as I told you "
  • * 2004 , Joel Osteen, Your best life now: 7 steps to living at your full potential , page 92:
    • If you want to wear your hair a certain way, that's your prerogative . You don't have to check with all your friends to make sure it's okay.
  • * 2005 , Tracy Hogg, Melinda Blau, Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate , page 56:
    • If you choose another approach — that's your prerogative . But the problem is that parents often don't realize they're making the choice
  • A property, attribute or ability which gives one a superiority or advantage over others; an inherent advantage or privilege; a talent.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a hereditary or official right or privilege.

    • References

    * ----

    derogatory

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tending to derogate, or lessen in value of someone; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious.
  • * (rfdate) (Blackstone).
    • Acts of Parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent Parliaments bind not.
  • * (rfdate) (Macaulay).
    • His language was severely censured by some of his brother peers as derogatory to their other.
  • (legal) When referring to a clause in a testament: a sentence of secret character inserted by the testator alone, of which he reserves the knowledge to himself, with a condition that no will he may make thereafter shall be valid, unless this clause is inserted word for word; – a precaution to guard against later wills extorted by violence, or obtained by suggestion. (rfd-sense)

    • Usage notes

    In common language, particularly used in the phrase “derogatory term”, equivalent to less common pejorative, and in “derogatory statements”, equivalent to more casual offensive.

    Derived terms

    * derogatory clause/clause derogatory

    Noun

    (derogatories)
  • A trade-line on a credit report that includes negative credit history.

    • Synonyms

    * pejorative

    Related terms

    * derogate * derogation

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