Ancillary vs Augmentation - What's the difference?
ancillary | augmentation |
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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The act or process of augmenting.
(heraldry) A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
(medicine) A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
(medicine) The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
(music) a compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by multiplying the length of each note by the same number
As nouns the difference between ancillary and augmentation
is that ancillary is something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter while augmentation is the act or process of augmenting.As an adjective ancillary
is subordinate; secondary; auxiliary; accessory.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.
