Prestigious vs Valid - What's the difference?
prestigious | valid |
Of high prestige.
Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
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Acceptable, proper or correct.
Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
(logic) Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
(logic) Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.
As adjectives the difference between prestigious and valid
is that prestigious is of high prestige while valid is valid.prestigious
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- She has a prestigious job with an international organization.
Usage notes
* Objects: award, prize, job, address, school, university, college, club, journal, firm, institution, office, etc.References
*valid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?}}
- I will believe him as soon as he offers a valid answer.
- A valid format for the date is MM/DD/YY.
- Do not drive without a valid license.
- An argument is valid if and only if the set consisting of both (1) all of its premises and (2) the contradictory of its conclusion is inconsistent.