Lackey vs Subordinate - What's the difference?
lackey | subordinate | Related terms |
To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously
* Milton
(obsolete) To toady, play the flunky
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.
Lackey is a related term of subordinate.
In lang=en terms the difference between lackey and subordinate
is that lackey is to attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously while subordinate is to treat as of less value or importance.As nouns the difference between lackey and subordinate
is that lackey is a footman, a liveried male servant while subordinate is (senseid)(countable) one who is subordinate.As verbs the difference between lackey and subordinate
is that lackey is to attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously while subordinate is to make subservient.As an adjective subordinate is
placed in a lower class, rank, or position.lackey
English
Alternative forms
* (verb only)Derived terms
* lackey caterpillar * lackey mothVerb
(en verb)- A thousand liveried angels lackey her.
References
*"lackey."Online Etymology Dictionary. 2008
subordinate
English
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”.