Ancillary vs Adjunctive - What's the difference?
ancillary | adjunctive |
Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary; accessory.
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Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
(archaic) An auxiliary; a subordinate.
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forming an adjunct
additional; neither basic nor primary: "adjunctive therapy"
(logic) the property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a
(grammar) a connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction
(manufacturing) a substance added as a supplement; often in the phrase "additives and adjunctives."
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As adjectives the difference between ancillary and adjunctive
is that ancillary is subordinate; secondary; auxiliary; accessory while adjunctive is forming an adjunct.As nouns the difference between ancillary and adjunctive
is that ancillary is something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter while adjunctive is a connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction.ancillary
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- how easily he took all things along with him,—the persons, the opinions, and the day, and nature became ancillary to a man.
- [E]very organ of the body, whatever function it may perform, must also perform the other four functions in an ancillary manner.