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Surrogate vs Supersede - What's the difference?

surrogate | supersede |

In lang=en terms the difference between surrogate and supersede

is that surrogate is to replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor while supersede is displace in favour of another.

As nouns the difference between surrogate and supersede

is that surrogate is a substitute (usually of a person, position or role) while supersede is (internet) an updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.

As verbs the difference between surrogate and supersede

is that surrogate is to replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor while supersede is set (something) aside.

As an adjective surrogate

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

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 ----

    supersede

    English

    Verb

  • Set (something) aside.
  • Take the place of.
    • No one could supersede his sister.
  • Displace in favour of another.
    • Modern US culture has superseded the native forms.

    Usage notes

    (term) is the only English word ending in (term). Similar words include four ending in (term), and several ending in (term) (apart from seed). Because of this, supercede is a common misspelling of this word.

    Synonyms

    * (take the place of) replace, supplant, usurp

    See also

    * supercede and superseed (common misspellings) * supersedure * supersession

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Internet) An updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.
    • Rogue cancels and supersedes are being issued on a large scale against posters.

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