Premium vs Original – What’s the difference?

Premium vs Original – What’s the difference?

premium | original |

As adjectives the difference between premium and original

is that premium is superior in quality; higher in price or value while original is relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.

As nouns the difference between premium and original

is that premium is a prize or award while original is an object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.

is thatis superior in quality; higher in price or value whileis relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.is thatis a prize or award whileis an object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.

premium

English

(wikipedia premium)

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Adjective

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  • Superior in quality; higher in price or value.
  • Noun

    (en-noun)

  • A prize or award.
  • Something offered at a reduced price as an inducement to buy something else.
  • A bonus paid in addition to normal payments.
  • The amount to be paid for an insurance policy.
  • An unusually high value.
  • (finance) The amount by which a security’s value exceeds its face value.
  • Usage notes

    * (term) is much less common than (premiums), accounting for less than 1% of total usage in US (COCA) and 4% in UK (BNC).

    Antonyms

    * (finance) discount

    Derived terms

    (Terms derived from the adjective or noun “premium”)
    * at a premium
    * buyer’s premium
    * premium bond
    * premium outlet

    original

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)

  • (label) Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1944, author=(w), title= The Three Corpse Trick, chapter=5
    , passage=The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.}}
  • (label) First in a series or copies/versions.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    , chapter=1 citation
    , passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, […].}}
  • (label) Newly created.
  • (label) Fresh, different.
  • (label) Pioneering.
  • (label) Having as its origin.
  • Synonyms

    * (first in series ) initial
    * autograph
    * prototype

    Antonyms

    * copy
    * derivative
    * reproduction
    * simile

    Derived terms

    * originally
    * original sin

    Related terms

    * origin
    * originality
    * originate
    * originative
    * aboriginal

    Noun

    (en noun)

  • An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived
    This manuscript is the original
  • A person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent
    You’re an original
  • (archaic) An eccentric
  • Synonyms

    * autograph
    * prototype

    Antonyms

    * copy
    * remake
    * reproduction

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