Replacement vs Subordinate - What's the difference?
replacement | subordinate |
A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
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The act of replacing something.
Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
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Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by, authority.
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(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 replacement and subordinate
is that replacement is a person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute 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.replacement
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Rovers lost keeper Robinson to a calf problem at half-time and his replacement Mark Bunn, making his Premier League debut, was immediately called into action - pushing away a vicious Peter Odemwingie drive at the near post.}}
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* overreplacement * subreplacementSee also
* spare partsubordinate
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”.
