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Umbrage vs Prerogative - What's the difference?

umbrage | prerogative |

As nouns the difference between umbrage and prerogative

is that umbrage is feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive while prerogative is a hereditary or official right or privilege.

As a verb umbrage

is to displease or cause offense.

As an adjective prerogative is

having a hereditary or official right or privilege.

umbrage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
  • * , Episode 16
  • --He took umbrage at something or other, that muchinjured but on the whole eventempered person declared, I let slip.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter VI , passage=If she knew [a psychiatrist was] observing her son with a view to finding out if he was foggy between the ears, there would be umbrage on her part, or even dudgeon.}}
  • Feeling of doubt.
  • Leaves that provide shade, as the foliage of trees
  • (obsolete) shadow, shade
  • * 1602 , , act V scene 1
  • [...] but in the verity of extolment I take him to be a soul of great article and his infusion of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of him, his semblable in his mirror, and who else would trace him, his umbrage , nothing more.

    Synonyms

    * (feeling of anger or annoyance) annoyance, displeasure, odium, offense, resentment, huff, miff, peeve, pique * (feeling of doubt) suspicion

    Derived terms

    * take umbrage * umbrageous

    Verb

    (umbrag)
  • To displease or cause offense.
  • To shade.
  • prerogative

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hereditary or official right or privilege.
  • A right, or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc, especially such a power to make a decision or judgement.
  • A right, generally
  • * 2002 , Patrick Robinson, The Shark Mutiny , page 48:
  • "Ah, that's your prerogative' as an Intelligence officer, Jimmy. But it's been your ' prerogative for weeks, months, and nothing has happened, as I told you "
  • * 2004 , Joel Osteen, Your best life now: 7 steps to living at your full potential , page 92:
  • If you want to wear your hair a certain way, that's your prerogative . You don't have to check with all your friends to make sure it's okay.
  • * 2005 , Tracy Hogg, Melinda Blau, Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate , page 56:
  • If you choose another approach — that's your prerogative . But the problem is that parents often don't realize they're making the choice
  • A property, attribute or ability which gives one a superiority or advantage over others; an inherent advantage or privilege; a talent.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a hereditary or official right or privilege.
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