What is the difference between prestidigitation and prestige?
prestidigitation | prestige |
A performance of or skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with the hands; sleight of hand.
A show of skill or deceitful cleverness.
(obsolete) Delusion; illusion; trick.
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The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
As nouns the difference between prestidigitation and prestige
is that prestidigitation is a performance of or skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with the hands; sleight of hand while prestige is delusion; illusion; trick.prestidigitation
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Noun
(en noun)- My favorite prestidigitation was when he pulled the live dove out of that tiny scarf.
- His writing was peppered with verbal tricks and prestidigitation .
prestige
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(-)- The sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of imposture.
- Oxford has a university of very high prestige .