What's the difference between pride and prize?

Pride


Definition:

  • (n.) A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); -- called also prid, and sandpiper.
  • (n.) The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.
  • (n.) A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense.
  • (n.) Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.
  • (n.) That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
  • (n.) Show; ostentation; glory.
  • (n.) Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life.
  • (n.) Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.
  • (v. t.) To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; -- used reflexively.
  • (v. i.) To be proud; to glory.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Enough with Clintonism and its prideful air of professional-class virtue.
  • (2) Although there was already satisfaction in the development of dementia-friendly pharmacies and Pride in Practice, a new standard of excellence in healthcare for gay, lesbian and bisexual patients, the biggest achievement so far was the bringing together of a strategic partnership of 37 NHS, local government and social organisations.
  • (3) Gassmann, whose late father, Vittorio , was a critically acclaimed star of Italian cinema in its heyday in the 1960s, tweeted over the weekend with the hashtag #Romasonoio (I am Rome), calling on the city’s residents to be an example of civility and clean up their own little corners of Rome with pride.
  • (4) The writer Palesa Morudu told me that she sees, in the South African pride that "we did it", a troubling anxiety that we can't: "Why are we celebrating that we built stadiums on time?
  • (5) It's an attractive idea, and yet pride in Europe appears to be giving way to populism and hostility within the union.
  • (6) He points to the seat where his friend was hit; he says only pride prevents him from lying on the floor for the entire journey.
  • (7) As well as a portrait of Austen, the new note will include images of her writing desk and quills at Chawton Cottage, in Hampshire, where she lived; her brother's home, Godmersham Park, which she visited often, and is thought to have inspired some of her novels, and a quote from Miss Bingley, in Pride and Prejudice: "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!"
  • (8) She said that want mattered now was “to help a human being [Suárez] and see if the group [the national team] shows its pride and love of Uruguay”.
  • (9) In a series of analyses guided by intuitive hypotheses, the Smith and Ellsworth theoretical approach, and a relatively unconstrained, open-ended exploration of the data, the situations were found to vary with respect to the emotions of pride, jealousy or envy, pride in the other, boredom, and happiness.
  • (10) Katwala says the old choice was between national pride on the one hand and acceptance that Britain had changed on the other: "Now we can be proud of the nation that has changed."
  • (11) We make mistakes, and fall victim to the temptations of pride, and power, and sometimes evil.
  • (12) Some were less fortunate, but panic has given way to a Balkan pride and resilience.
  • (13) Last month, Black Lives Matter Toronto staged a sit-in during the city’s gay pride march, which the group had been invited to join as an honored guest.
  • (14) There was no repeat of last season's humiliation but it told of another Liverpool exertion against Oldham Athletic that Brendan Rodgers took pride only in a competitive Anfield appearance for his son, Anton.
  • (15) In fact, it was Howard who first introduced a teenage Martin Amis to the delights of reading when she gave him a copy of Pride and Prejudice .
  • (16) The results surpassed all expectations and the change process has instilled a new sense of pride among nurses at the hospital and sparked the development of training sessions for other nurses in the region.
  • (17) Prime minister Lee Hsien Loong called the snap election more than a year early in the hope of riding a wave of national pride following the country’s recent 50th anniversary.
  • (18) He tells me with huge pride that she has an MBE for her work in the health service.
  • (19) A source of enormous national pride, China’s space program plans a total of 20 missions this year at a time when the US and other countries’ programs are seeking new roles.
  • (20) BBC1 will also screen a three-part adaptation of PD James' Death Comes to Pemberley, the Jane Austen homage in the 200th anniversary year of Pride and Prejudice, as well as a three-part adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn and Remember Me, a ghost story by Gwyneth Hughes (Five Days, The Girl).

Prize


Definition:

  • (n.) That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
  • (n.) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
  • (n.) An honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
  • (n.) That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
  • (n.) Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
  • (n.) A contest for a reward; competition.
  • (n.) A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
  • (v. t.) To move with a lever; to force up or open; to pry.
  • (v. t.) To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
  • (v. t.) To value highly; to estimate to be of great worth; to esteem.
  • (n.) Estimation; valuation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In January 2011, the Nobel peace prize laureate was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital for what officials initially described as tests but what turned out to be an acute respiratory infection .
  • (2) The night's special award went to armed forces broadcaster, BFBS Radio, while long-standing BBC radio DJ Trevor Nelson received the top prize of the night, the gold award.
  • (3) The 61-year-old paid to transport prize-winning children to the fair in St Thomas and funded their accommodation.
  • (4) After winning his prize, Malcolm Turnbull must learn from Abbott's mistakes Read more Abbott appointed Warren Mundine to head his hand picked advisory council on Indigenous affairs.
  • (5) An Artist of the Floating World won the Whitbread Book of the Year award and was nominated for the Booker prize for fiction; The Remains of the Day won the Booker; and When We Were Orphans, perceived by many reviewers as a disappointment, was nominated for both the Booker and the Whitbread.
  • (6) Three scientists, George Wald, Ragnar Granit, and Haldan Keffer Hartline, were named last week to share the 1967 Nobel prize in medicine or physiology.
  • (7) The agency notes, too, that the Norwegian broadcaster NRK has form when it comes to announcing peace prize winners early, saying last year the EU had triumphed an hour before the official announcement.
  • (8) Concern for the future and belief in scientific progress provided the motive for the foundation of the Prize which, in our time, is one of the most coveted of honours.
  • (9) The launch of M-Farm followed a €10,000 (about £8,500) investment prize.
  • (10) The young woman is Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, then part of the new guard of dissidents and critics, now the president of Liberia.
  • (11) How can a prize that is supposed to be for one person be given to an amorphous supranational organisation?
  • (12) But there was a shock with the Jury prize, which went to Polisse, one of the four films in competition directed by a woman.
  • (13) For many, free movement is the price that has to be paid for the prize of single market membership.
  • (14) GNM accepts no responsibility for any costs associated with the prize that are not expressly included in the prize.
  • (15) The IPCC is charged with providing a scientific, balanced assessment about what's known and what's known about climate change There are lots of organisations ringing bells The IPCC is more like a belltower, which people can climb up to get a clear view 8.41am BST Al Gore , the former US vice-president and winner of the Nobel peace prize for his work on climate change , has responded to the IPCC report by saying it shows the need for a switch to low carbon sources of energy (note his emphasis is on mitigation, i.e.
  • (16) Peter Vipond, director of regulation and tax at the Association of British Insurers, said: "We are concerned that so far none of the bodies will have a statutory objective to maintain London's competitiveness as a global financial sector – this is too valuable a prize to be thrown away."
  • (17) Boyle, who on Sunday night received an outstanding contribution prize at the Empire awards, said he was not a fan of stereoscope on film and doubted it would survive.
  • (18) The possible reasons why Kitasato lost the first Nobel Prize for medicine to von Behring are presented.
  • (19) The Tasmanian writer said he was “stunned” to be in the running for the prestigious UK-based literary prize, which for the first time has been opened to authors of any nationality.
  • (20) But NS&I has announced that it is cutting the prize fund rate from 1 May, although the chances of winning a prize will remain the same at 30,000-1 as the number of £25 prizes will increase.