Auxiliary vs Ancillary - What's the difference?
auxiliary | ancillary |
Helping]]; [[give, giving assistance or support.
Supplementary or subsidiary.
Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.
(nautical) Of a ship, having both sails and an engine.
(grammar) Relating to an auxiliary verb.
A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner.
A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.
(grammar) An auxiliary verb.
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A marching band colorguard.
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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As adjectives the difference between auxiliary and ancillary
is that auxiliary is helping; giving assistance or support while ancillary is subordinate; secondary; auxiliary; accessory.As nouns the difference between auxiliary and ancillary
is that auxiliary is a person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner while ancillary is something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.auxiliary
English
Adjective
(-)- auxiliary troops
Synonyms
* (supplementary) accessory * (having sails and engine) motorsailerNoun
(auxiliaries)- The three traditionally recognized Non-modal Auxiliaries' are the per-
fective '''Auxiliary''' ''have'', the progressive '''Auxiliary''' ''be'', and the passive '''Auxiliary
''be''. Perfective ''have'' is so-called because it marks the completion (hence, ''perfec-
tion'') of an action; it is followed by a VP headed by a perfective ''-n'' participle, as
in:
(121) The referee has [VP ''shown him the red card]
See also
* axillaryExternal links
* *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.
