What 愀 the difference in meaning ?

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What 愀 the difference in meaning ?

normandey

What 愀 the difference in meaning ?

Hi everybody.

I 悲 like to know what 愀 the difference between " award" and " prize"

Secondly, What 愀 the difference between " counsellor " and " social worker " ?

Thanks very much.

19 Jul 2017

As I see it:

An award is something that has been earned, it is presented to you as recognition for something you have done

A prize is something you win either through chance (e.g. lottery) or some type of competition (e.g. a Hot Dog eating contest).

Counselor is a wider term than social worker; a social worker is a counselor focused on bettering the community.

20 Jul 2017

Minka

I think a prize can also be given for something you do well. Cambridge dictionary:

Prize: something valuable, such as an amount of money, that is given to someone who succeeds in a competition or game or that is given to someone as a reward for doing very good work:

The critics � prize for best film was won by Marc Abbott for "Belly Laugh".

I won a prize in the raffle.

The first (= main) prize is a week for two in Miami.

The prize money for winning Wimbledon has been increased by 12.5 per cent.

something important and valuable that is difficult to achieve or get:

The prize would be her hand in marriage.

20 Jul 2017

yanogator

That 愀 interesting, Minka, because Cambridge says "for doing very good work", but lists only examples of competitions or games. Generally an award is what is given as a reward for doing very good work.

Bruce

21 Jul 2017

Minka

There is this raffle as an example of winning a prize in a game, but prize for the best film or winning Wimbledon seem very much different to me. And there is also (not listed here) Pulitzer prize.

I do realize prize is more frequently used for games and such, but not always, I guess.

22 Jul 2017

counsellor may also be a lawyer :-)

22 Jul 2017

yanogator

Minka,

"Best film" and Wimbledon are both competitions, so they are like a game in that sense. However, you are right about the Pulitzer Prize, and now I think of the Nobel Prize. They are a competition of sorts, but Cambridge is right that they are awarded for doing very good work.

I stand corrected. :)

Bruce

22 Jul 2017

I think we are agreed that there is a certain amount of encroachment from the word 愎rize � into the rightful territory of the word 徨ward �. I won the English prize at school, which was really an award. Heady days, never to be repeated, alas.

Award is a verb, too, btw. It is recognition for effort or achievement, whereas a prize can be arbitrary, or as the result of a competition as Douglas points out. Just my two penn惱rth!

Social worker is a much broader role than counsellor. A counsellor counsels, whereas a social worker愀 caseload may include many different types of case with different needs. Generally, the patient makes an appointment with the counsellor, for a session of up to one hour per week, although of course it may vary. In many instances, the social worker will have to take the initiative with the people s/he is dealing with. They have a boss to whom they refer difficult cases or ask for advice.

23 Jul 2017