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Auxiliary vs Auxiliar - What's the difference?

auxiliary | auxiliar |

As adjectives the difference between auxiliary and auxiliar

is that auxiliary is helping; giving assistance or support while auxiliar is auxiliary.

As nouns the difference between auxiliary and auxiliar

is that auxiliary is a person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner while auxiliar is an auxiliary.

auxiliary

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Helping]]; [[give, giving assistance or support.
    • auxiliary troops
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * (supplementary) accessory * (having sails and engine) motorsailer

    Noun

    (auxiliaries)
  • A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner.
  • A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.
  • (grammar) An auxiliary verb.
  • *
    • 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]
  • A marching band colorguard.

    • Related terms

    * auction * auctioneer * augment * augmentation

    See also

    * axillary

    External links

    * *

    auxiliar

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) auxiliary
  • * Alexander Pope
    • The auxiliar troops and Trojan hosts appear.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) An auxiliary.
    • (Milton)
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