Contributory vs Subordinate - What's the difference?
contributory | subordinate | Related terms |
Of, pertaining to, or involving a contribution
Tending to contribute to a result
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.
Contributory is a related term of subordinate.
As adjectives the difference between contributory and subordinate
is that contributory is of, pertaining to, or involving a contribution while subordinate is placed in a lower class, rank, or position.As a noun subordinate is
(senseid)(countable) one who is subordinate.As a verb subordinate is
to make subservient.contributory
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Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* contributory negligencesubordinate
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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”.