What's the difference between memorabilia and paraphernalia?

Memorabilia


Definition:

  • (n. pl.) Things remarkable and worthy of remembrance or record; also, the record of them.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The PUP founder made the comments at a voters’ forum and press conference during an open day held at his Palmer Coolum Resort, where he invited the electorate to see his giant robotic dinosaur park, memorabilia including his car collection and a concert by Dean Vegas, an Elvis impersonator.
  • (2) His office - with a floor-to-ceiling glass wall offering views over a Bradford suburb and distant moors - is devoid of knick-knacks or memorabilia.
  • (3) While gothic grandeur fills the windows, the walls are plastered with pop memorabilia and personal paraphernalia: tributes, affectionate caricatures; a Who poster signed by Roger Daltrey; a Queens Park Rangers banner and, relegated to the top of a bookcase, a ministerial red box from the Home Office.
  • (4) Owen said the original plan had been to auction the tapes as a piece of folk memorabilia, something that would attract a wealthy fan.
  • (5) This survey was designed to study cherished objects and other memorabilia as "reminiscentia," (i.e., as inducers of reminiscence).
  • (6) Cotton's interview with Paloma Faith on Tuesday in which the singer plugged her latest recording and mused about royal memorabilia such as a diamond jubilee sick bag has attracted particular criticism.
  • (7) Memorabilia - ranging from the mail sacks to some of the cutlery they used as they hid out - will be on display.
  • (8) From 2018, the RA's 250-year anniversary, it is expected to go on permanent display along with a changing display from a collection that includes one of the finest sculptures in Britain – Michelangelo's Tondo – as well as mountains of personal memorabilia, letters, sketches and drawings from a who's who of British artists.
  • (9) Greeks know what it is like to lose everything: homes, friends, memories, pictures, the memorabilia of their lives.
  • (10) Standing in front of the first of two "glamscapes" of memorabilia and pop-culture ephemera, I am confronted by things I had hoped never to be reminded of again.
  • (11) More than 7,000 people lined up outside the Astrodome in 2013 for a fundraising auction that sold off hundreds of pairs of stadium seats, memorabilia and even chunks of AstroTurf, netting the county more than $800,000.
  • (12) Officially, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - one of the country's oldest black organisations - has criticised the trade in racist memorabilia.
  • (13) A History of Bradford City AFC in Objects , a new book by lifelong supporter John Dewhirst, appears not much more promising than a compulsive collection of memorabilia – but it is much more than the sum of its badges, pennants and other ephemera which the author admits his wife and three daughters would eagerly de-clutter tomorrow.
  • (14) A stage has been set up to welcome medallists and fans can pick up supporter’s packs containing Russian flags and peruse memorabilia donated by famous Russian athletes.
  • (15) Tonight, after you've tricked and treated your way through Halloween festivities and thrown your elaborate costume in the bottom of your closet for another year, I'd be grateful if you could throw away whatever pink ribbon festooned memorabilia (or junk) you have gathered this month, too.
  • (16) In the car park outside, busloads of oblivious Japanese and American tourists pulled in for their 20-minute tour of the Wordsworth residence and a visit to the gift shop to stock up on daffodil memorabilia.
  • (17) Stephanie Connell, head of entertainment memorabilia at Bonhams, which is selling the artwork, said it was an "iconic design".
  • (18) Turn to other online shops Ebay celebrated 15 years of activity in the UK in 2014, when it sold 3bn items – not all of them kitsch memorabilia.
  • (19) The house is the ultimate in moneyed hippydippydom – candles at every corner, trinkets on every shelf, elephants from India, giraffes from Africa, memorabilia from their travels.
  • (20) The public stereotype of corruption is the mass looting of government coffers by an African dictator and family to buy fast cars, fine wines, mansions, and Michael Jackson memorabilia .

Paraphernalia


Definition:

  • (n. pl.) Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.
  • (n. pl.) Appendages; ornaments; finery; equipments.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Some scams appeal to veterans’ sense of loyalty and patriotism by employing affinity marketing – using military and US related paraphernalia.
  • (2) But this time warp is a Seville one, and all the statues of (ecclesiastical) virgins, winged cherubs, shrines and other Catholic paraphernalia, plus portraits of the late Duchess of Alba, give it a unique spirit, as do the clientele – largely local, despite Garlochí’s international fame as the city’s most kitsch bar.
  • (3) While gothic grandeur fills the windows, the walls are plastered with pop memorabilia and personal paraphernalia: tributes, affectionate caricatures; a Who poster signed by Roger Daltrey; a Queens Park Rangers banner and, relegated to the top of a bookcase, a ministerial red box from the Home Office.
  • (4) The first purpose of this paper is to describe the types and the strengths and weaknesses of blood alcohol concentration paraphernalia.
  • (5) Programs designed to discourage the sharing of drug paraphernalia, such as needle and syringe exchanges, should decrease the risk of parenterally spread viral infections in intravenous drug users and thus slow the spread of these infections to the general population.
  • (6) Not only were all the paraphernalia and substances depicted with uncanny accuracy rare on television but the reactions of the drugged executives were also utterly credible.
  • (7) It would honour the record of CND and scrap Trident missiles, submarines, aircraft carriers, manned fighters and the extravagant paraphernalia of the arms lobby.
  • (8) These patterns are discussed in terms of several variables, including purity, dosages, dose regimes, routes of administration, paraphernalia, and changing perceptions of cocaine.
  • (9) All seven patients patronized a local "shooting gallery" where paraphernalia were provided and drugs were often administered by a "street doctor."
  • (10) Vitaly continues to bring his collection of Soviet cameras, photographs and other paraphernalia to an outdoor flea market, where the afternoon sun gleamed off a Lenin bust that he had repainted to look like a "'90s gangster" with a moustache and a polka-dot tie.
  • (11) Tyahnybok dumped the Hitler paraphernalia when he renamed the party Svoboda in 2004, on becoming leader.
  • (12) For anyone trying to work out the Venn diagram of iconic protest imagery, three tropes will immediately jump to the fore: the quiet dignity of said woman; the battle-hungry paraphernalia of male authority (your shields and batons and chunky uniforms); and the dramatic flip of power that clash presents.
  • (13) Gezi Park was completely cleared of the gaudy paraphernalia of pluralist protest that had been its hallmark.
  • (14) (iii) Is choice of route influenced by availability of drug paraphernalia?
  • (15) A large majority of States have drug paraphernalia laws that govern needles and syringes, and a smaller number have laws that require prescriptions for the sale and possession of needles and syringes.
  • (16) Further research is needed to define the parameters of utility of BAC paraphernalia, so that alcohol professionals can make decisions regarding the selection and use of these devices based on empirical evidence.
  • (17) Old rides have been refurbished, old fairground paraphernalia upcycled.
  • (18) The second purpose is to identify the potential uses and requisite skills for operating BAC paraphernalia for teaching, training, and research.
  • (19) None of the 48 patients reported that they used condoms; 10 reported reduced sexual activity and number of sexual partners; and none of those who shared needles reported that they had discontinued sharing other addicts' drug paraphernalia.
  • (20) The clinical and epidemiologic data strongly suggest a paraphernalia blood-borne infection in this patient, a mode of contamination which has not been previously reported.