Allies vs Subordinate - What's the difference?
allies | subordinate |
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 verbs the difference between allies and subordinate
is that allies is while subordinate is to make subservient.As an adjective subordinate is
placed in a lower class, rank, or position.As a noun subordinate is
(senseid)(countable) one who is subordinate.subordinate
English
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”.