Difference between Treasure and Prize

What is the difference between Treasure and Prize?

Treasure as a noun is a collection of valuable things. while Prize as a noun is that which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

Treasure

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A collection of valuable things. Any single thing one values greatly. A term of endearment.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To consider something or someone to be precious.

Example sentence: Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought. Count up, if you can, the treasure of happiness that you would dispense in a week, in a year, in a lifetime!

Prize

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To consider something highly valuable.To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.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.An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.A contest for a reward; competition.A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.

Example sentence: The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

We hope you now know whether to use Treasure or Prize in your sentence.

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