Pier vs Subordinate - What's the difference?
pier | subordinate |
A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment.
(US, nautical) A structure that projects tangentially from the shoreline to accommodate ships; often double-sided.
A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.
(architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof.
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 pier and subordinate
is that pier is (lb) (l) (raised platform built from the shore out over water) while subordinate is (senseid)(countable) 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.pier
English
(wikipedia pier)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* abutment pier * pier glass * pierlike * pier tableSee also
* jetty * mole * wharfAnagrams
* * ----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”.