Preeminent vs Subordinate - What's the difference?
preeminent | subordinate |
Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important.
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 adjectives the difference between preeminent and subordinate
is that preeminent is exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important while subordinate is placed in a lower class, rank, or position.As a noun subordinate is
(one who is subordinate) One who is subordinate.As a verb subordinate is
to make subservient.preeminent
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Alternative forms
* * pre-eminent *Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* preeminence * preeminentlysubordinate
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”.