Surrogate vs Mandator - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between surrogate and mandator

is that surrogate is a substitute (usually of a person, position or role) while mandator is a director; one who gives a mandate or order.

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

is to replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor.

(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.

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(en adjective)

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

(surrogat)

To replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor.

* deputize, foster, replace, subrogate, substitute

(en noun)

A director; one who gives a mandate or order.

(legal) The person who employs another to perform a mandate.

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