Subordinate vs Subaverage - What's the difference?
subordinate | subaverage |
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 subordinate and subaverage
is that subordinate is placed in a lower class, rank, or position while subaverage is below average.As nouns the difference between subordinate and subaverage
is that subordinate is (one who is subordinate) One who is subordinate while subaverage is a subordinate or local average.As a verb subordinate
is to make subservient.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”.