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Prostitute vs Surrogate - What's the difference?

prostitute | surrogate |

In lang=en terms the difference between prostitute and surrogate

is that prostitute is to make another person, or organisation, prostitute themselves while surrogate is to replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor.

As nouns the difference between prostitute and surrogate

is that prostitute is a person who performs sexual activity for payment, especially a woman while surrogate is a substitute (usually of a person, position or role).

As verbs the difference between prostitute and surrogate

is that prostitute is (usually reflexively) to perform sexual activity for money while surrogate is to replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor.

As an adjective surrogate is

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

prostitute

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who performs sexual activity for payment, especially a woman
  • I currently work as a prostitute in order to pay off my university debts .
  • A person who is perceived as engaging in sexual activity with many people.
  • A person who does, or offers to do, an activity for money, despite personal dislike or dishonour.
  • Usage notes

    * The noun is gender-neutral.

    Synonyms

    * (person who performs sexual activity for payment) See also * (person perceived as engaging in sexual activity) See also , * (person who does an activity for money) sell out

    Verb

    (prostitut)
  • (usually reflexively) To perform sexual activity for money
  • To make another person, or organisation, prostitute themselves.
  • * Bible, Leviticus xix. 29
  • Do not prostitute thy daughter.
  • (derogatory) To use one's talents in return for money or fame
  • (figuratively) To exploit for base purposes; to whore.
  • Yet again a commercial firm had prostituted a traditional song by setting an advertising jingle to its tune.

    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 ----