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Ancillary vs Adjunctive - What's the difference?

ancillary | adjunctive |

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)
  • Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary; accessory.
  • * 1836 , :
  • how easily he took all things along with him,—the persons, the opinions, and the day, and nature became ancillary to a man.
  • * 1898 ,
  • [E]very organ of the body, whatever function it may perform, must also perform the other four functions in an ancillary manner.

    Noun

    (ancillaries)
  • Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
  • (archaic) An auxiliary; a subordinate.
  • References

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    Anagrams

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    adjunctive

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • 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
  • Derived terms

    * adjunctivity * adjunctiveness * adjunctively * adjunctive behavior

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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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