Surrogate vs Alternative - What's the difference?
surrogate | alternative |
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.
To replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor.
Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities
Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground (e.g., alternative medicine, alternative lifestyle, (alternative rock)).
Other.
alternate; reciprocal
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
* 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , XI:
One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
As nouns the difference between surrogate and alternative
is that surrogate is a substitute (usually of a person, position or role) while alternative is a situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.As adjectives the difference between surrogate and alternative
is that surrogate is of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute while alternative is relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.As a verb surrogate
is to replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor.surrogate
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(surrogat)Synonyms
* deputize, foster, replace, subrogate, substituteSee also
* surrogatum ----alternative
English
(wikipedia alternative)Adjective
(-)- an alternative proposition
- (Holland)
Derived terms
* alternative dispute resolution * alternative energy * alternative lifestyle * alternative medicine * alternative press * alternative voteNoun
(en noun)- ‘The cloister or a betrothed husband?’ I echoed—‘Is that the alternative destined for Miss Vernon?’