Ancillary vs Tertiary - What's the difference?
ancillary | tertiary |
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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Of third rank or order; subsequent.
(chemistry) Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals.
(zoology, of quills) Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial.
A tertiary feather.
A member of a Roman Catholic third order - the Franciscans, Dominicans and Carmelites among others.
As adjectives the difference between ancillary and tertiary
is that ancillary is subordinate; secondary; auxiliary; accessory while tertiary is of third rank or order; subsequent.As nouns the difference between ancillary and tertiary
is that ancillary is something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter while tertiary is a tertiary feather.As a proper noun Tertiary is
the first part of the Cenozoic era when modern flora and mammals appeared.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.
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(ancillaries)References
Anagrams
*tertiary
English
Adjective
(-)- a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt