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Ancilliary vs Adjunctive - What's the difference?

ancilliary | adjunctive |

As adjectives the difference between ancilliary and adjunctive

is that ancilliary is while adjunctive is forming an adjunct.

As a noun adjunctive is

(grammar) a connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction.

ancilliary

English

Adjective

(head)

    • 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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