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Subrogate vs Surrogate - What's the difference?

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Surrogate is a synonym of subrogate.



As verbs the difference between subrogate and surrogate

is that subrogate is to replace one person with another while surrogate is to replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor.

As a noun surrogate is

a substitute (usually of a person, position or role).

As an adjective surrogate is

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

subrogate

English

Verb

(subrogat)
  • (label) to replace one person with another

    • Synonyms

    * substitute, surrogate

    Derived terms

    * subrogation

    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 ----