Appendage vs Subordinate - What's the difference?
appendage | subordinate |
an external body part that projects from the body
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism
a part that is joined to something larger
Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
* Woodward
Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by, authority.
* South
(grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
To make subservient.
To treat as of less value or importance.
(finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
As nouns the difference between appendage and subordinate
is that appendage is an external body part that projects from the body while subordinate is (senseid)(countable) one who is subordinate.As an adjective subordinate is
placed in a lower class, rank, or position.As a verb subordinate is
to make subservient.appendage
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Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* extremity, member * outgrowth, processsubordinate
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The several kinds and subordinate species of each are easily distinguished.
- It was subordinate , not enslaved, to the understanding.
- In the sentence, “The barbecue finished before John arrived”, the subordinate clause “before John arrived” specifies the time of the main clause, “The barbecue finished”.