alternative vs surrogate

alternative

adj
  • Presenting two or more alternatives. 

  • Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities. 

  • Other; different from something else. 

  • Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground. 

noun
  • A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities. 

  • One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen. 

  • alternative rock 

  • A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism. 

  • The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted. 

surrogate

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

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

noun
  • A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate. 

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

  • An ersatz good. 

  • A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage. 

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

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

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

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