device vs surrogate

device

noun
  • A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device. 

  • A peripheral device; an item of hardware. 

  • An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb 

  • An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark. 

  • A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively. 

  • A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 

  • Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one. 

  • An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience. 

surrogate

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. 

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

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

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