Accomplice vs Subordinate - What's the difference?
accomplice | subordinate |
(rare) A cooperator.
* Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to his accomplices ! - Shakespeare, Henry VI Part I, V-ii
(legal) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
* And thou, the cursed accomplice of his treason. - Johnson
* Suspected for accomplice to the fire. -
Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
* Woodward
Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by, authority.
* South
(grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
To make subservient.
To treat as of less value or importance.
(finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
As nouns the difference between accomplice and subordinate
is that accomplice is (rare) a cooperator while subordinate is (senseid)(countable) one who is subordinate.As an adjective subordinate is
placed in a lower class, rank, or position.As a verb subordinate is
to make subservient.accomplice
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Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* Followed by with'' or ''of'' before a person and by ''in'' (or sometimes ''of'') before the crime; as, A was an ''accomplice'' with B in the murder of C. Dryden uses it with ''to before a thing.Synonyms
* abettor, accessory, assistant, associate, confederate, coadjutor, ally, promoter; see abettor.subordinate
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The several kinds and subordinate species of each are easily distinguished.
- It was subordinate , not enslaved, to the understanding.
- In the sentence, “The barbecue finished before John arrived”, the subordinate clause “before John arrived” specifies the time of the main clause, “The barbecue finished”.