Deputy vs Sub - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between deputy and sub

is that deputy is one appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc while sub is a submarine.

As a verb sub is

(us|informal) to substitute for or sub can be to coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.

As a preposition sub is

under.

deputy

English

Noun

(deputies)

One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc.

(in France): A member of the Chamber of Deputies, formerly called

(Ireland) a member of , or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann. (Normally capitalised in both cases)

Eamon Ryan is a Deputy in the Dáil.

At today's meeting, Deputy Ryan will speak on local issues.

Usage notes

Deputy'' is used in combination with the names of various executive officers, to denote an assistant empowered to act in their name; as, ''deputy collector, deputy marshal, deputy sheriff.

Synonyms

* substitute * representative * legate * delegate * envoy * agent * See also

Hyponyms

* vice admiral * vice director * vicegerent * vice president

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sub

English

Etymology 1

Shortened form of any of various words beginning sub- , such as submarine, subroutine, substitute, subscription. The sandwich is so called because the bun's cylindrical shape resembles the shape of a submarine.

Noun

(en noun)

A submarine.

A submarine sandwich—a sandwich made on a long bun.

We can get subs at that deli.

(US, informal) A substitute.

With the score 4 to 1, they brought in subs .

She worked as a sub until she got her teaching certificate.

(British, informal) A substitute in a football (soccer) game: someone who comes on in place of another player part way through the game.

* 1930 , Boy's Live, Philip Scruggs, There Can Be Victory , page 20

At any other school you would be playing varsity, and Wallace has you pigeon-holed on the subs'." "Maybe he has his reasons," Jim replied. "And he hasn't pigeon-holed me on the ' subs yet — not this season.

(British, informal, often in plural) Short for subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.

(informal) A submissive in BDSM practices.

* 2004 , Paul Baker, Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang?

...roleplay where a sub or bottom takes care of a top's bodily and hygiene needs...

* 2007 , Laurell K Hamilton, The Harlequin

"It means that I'm both a sub and a dom." "Submissive and dominant," I said. He nodded.

* 2008 , Lannie Rose, How to Change Your Sex

Typically a dom and a sub have a more or less standard routine that they like to go through all the time.

(Internet, informal) A subtitle.

I've just noticed a mistake in the subs for this film.

(computing, programming) A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does).

* 2002 , Nathan Patwardhan, Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour, Perl in a nutshell

The default accessor can be overridden by declaring a sub of the same name in the package.

* 2004 , P. K. McBride, Introductory Visual Basic.NET (page 49)

So far, all the subs and functions that we have used have been those built into the system, or those written to handle events from controls...

(colloquial, dated) A subordinate.

(colloquial, dated) A subaltern.

Synonyms

* (submarine sandwich) grinder, hoagie

Hypernyms

* (submarine sandwich) sandwich

Verb

(subb)

(US, informal) To substitute for.

(US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.

(British, informal, football) To replace (a player) with a substitute.

He never really made a contribution to the match, so it was no surprise when he was subbed at half time.

(British, informal, football) Less commonly, and often as sub on , to bring on (a player) as a substitute.

''He was subbed on half way through the second half, and scored within minutes.

(British) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.

(UK, slang, transitive) To lend.

* 2011 , Rowland Rivron, What the F*** Did I Do Last Night?

I kept up the pleasantries as we were drying our hands and, realizing I didn't have any change for the lodger, I asked him, one drummer to another like, if he could sub me a quid for the dish.

(slang) To subscribe.

(BDSM) To take a submissive role.

* Alicia White, Jessica's Breakdown (page 53)

You've never subbed before. Jessica will be expecting a man on stage that follows orders and enjoys what she's going to be doing. Do you want to be spanked? Possibly whipped?

* 2012 , Tiffany Reisz, Little Red Riding Crop

Wasn't like she'd never subbed before. She'd been a sub longer than she'd been a Dominatrix–ten years she'd spent in a collar.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) sub.

Preposition

(English prepositions)

Under.

Verb

To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.

(microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with an layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.

* 1997 , Marina A. Lynch, S. M. O'Mara (editors), Ali D. Hames, D. Rickwood (series editors), Neuroscience Labfax , page 166,

Ensure that gloves are worn when handling subbed' slides. Although the following protocol describes '''subbing with gelatin, slides may also be coated with either 3-(triethoxysilyl-)propylamine (TESPA) or poly-L-lysine for ''in situ hybridization.

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