What's the difference between subrogate and subrogation?

Subrogate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To put in the place of another; to substitute.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Although health care expenditures are an extremely important issue, quality of patient care cannot be subrogated to a secondary concern.

Subrogation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of subrogating.
  • (n.) The substitution of one person in the place of another as a creditor, the new creditor succeeding to the rights of the former; the mode by which a third person who pays a creditor succeeds to his rights against the debtor.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Although health care expenditures are an extremely important issue, quality of patient care cannot be subrogated to a secondary concern.

Words possibly related to "subrogate"

Words possibly related to "subrogation"