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Auxiliary vs Secondary - What's the difference?

auxiliary | secondary |

As adjectives the difference between auxiliary and secondary

is that auxiliary is helping; giving assistance or support while secondary is succeeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.

As nouns the difference between auxiliary and secondary

is that auxiliary is a person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner while secondary is Used as an abbreviation to refer to items with names containing secondary.

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

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    secondary

    English

    (wikipedia secondary)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.
  • Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.
  • Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Compare primary.
  • (geology) Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass; also of characters of minerals (as secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other causes.
  • (zootomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
  • (medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever; or occurring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis.
  • Of less than primary importance.
  • *
  • (of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
    • Yellow is a secondary light color, though a primary CMYK color.

    Coordinate terms

    (terms coordinate to secondary) * primary (1) * tertiary (3) * quaternary (4) * quinary (5) * senary (6) * septenary (7) * octonary (8) * nonary (9) * denary (10) * duodenary (12) * vigenary (20)

    Noun

    (secondaries)
  • (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
  • (finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
  • (American football, Canadian football) The defensive backs.
  • (electronics) An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar
  • One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
    • the secondary , or undersheriff, of the city of London
  • * Shakespeare
    • Old Escalus is thy secondary .
  • (astronomy) A secondary circle.
  • (astronomy) A satellite.
    • (Webster 1913)