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Subject vs Subjectless - What's the difference?

subject | subjectless |

As adjectives the difference between subject and subjectless

is that subject is likely to be affected by or to experience something while subjectless is lacking a subject.

As a noun subject

is (label) in a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with in active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.

As a verb subject

is to cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.

subject

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Likely to be affected by or to experience something.
    • a country subject to extreme heat
  • * Dryden
    • All human things are subject to decay.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= T time , passage=The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them
  • Conditional upon.
  • Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
    • (Spenser)
  • Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
  • * John Locke
    • Esau was never subject to Jacob.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.
  • The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
  • * (John Milton) (1608-1674)
    • the subject for heroic song
  • * (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
    • Make choice of a subject , beautiful and noble, which shall afford an ample field of matter wherein to expatiate.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • the unhappy subject of these quarrels
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=5 citation , passage=Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery.}}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
  • A particular area of study.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= It's a gas , passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.
  • A citizen in a monarchy.
  • A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
  • (label) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
  • * (1823-1895)
    • The earliest known form of subject is the ecclesiastical cantus firmus , or plain song.
  • A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.
  • * (Conyers Middleton) (1683-1750)
    • Writers of particular livesare apt to be prejudiced in favour of their subject .
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything , passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field.}}

    Synonyms

    * (discussion) matter, topic

    Derived terms

    * subject title

    See also

    * object * predicate

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.

    • Synonyms

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    External links

    * * English heteronyms 1000 English basic words

    subjectless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Lacking a subject
  • *{{quote-book, year=1840, author=Thomas Carlyle, title=Heroes and Hero Worship, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The subjects without King can do nothing; the subjectless King can do something. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 15, author=Ann Hodgman, title=Children’s Books, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“We’re here to help you” versus “Were here to help you” makes no sense; a subjectless , past-tense message — as in, “The doctors were here to help you, but now they’re gone” — has scarcely appeared in the history of the universe. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=1992, date=May 8, author=Mitchell Stevens, title=Andrew Young, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Using a painstaking technique favored by 15th-century Italians for their most sacred images, Young makes disarmingly beautiful pictures in a loose, almost subjectless language of color and texture and form. }}