Obedience vs Subordinate - What's the difference?
obedience | subordinate |
The quality of being obedient.
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII
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.
As nouns the difference between obedience and subordinate
is that obedience is the quality of being obedient while subordinate is (one who is subordinate) One who is subordinate.As an adjective subordinate is
placed in a lower class, rank, or position.As a verb subordinate is
to make subservient.obedience
English
(wikipedia obedience)Alternative forms
* , (l) (qualifier)Noun
(-)- Obedience is essential in any army.
- Cautioning Nobs to silence, and he had learned many lessons in the value of obedience since we had entered Caspak, I slunk forward, taking advantage of whatever cover I could find...
Synonyms
* submissionAntonyms
* disobedience, defiance, rebellion (ignoring ) * violation (ignoring, especially rules ) * control, dominance (ruling )External links
* * ----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”.