The difference between Surrogate and Surrogatum

When used as nouns, surrogate means a substitute (usually of a person, position or role), whereas surrogatum means a thing put in the place of another.


Surrogate is also verb with the meaning: to replace or substitute something with something else.

Surrogate is also adjective with the meaning: of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.

check bellow for the other definitions of Surrogate and Surrogatum

  1. Surrogate as a noun:

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

    Examples:

    "A mixture of horseradish and mustard often serves as a surrogate for wasabi."

  2. Surrogate as a noun:

    A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate mother.

  3. Surrogate as a noun (chiefly, British):

    A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.

  4. Surrogate as a noun (US, _, legal):

    A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and interstate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.

  5. Surrogate as a noun (computing):

    Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.

  1. Surrogate as an adjective:

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

  1. Surrogate as a verb (transitive):

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

  1. Surrogatum as a noun (Scottish law):

    A thing put in the place of another; a substitute.