Subordinate vs Subordinates - What's the difference?
subordinate | subordinates |
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.
Third person singular simple present of to subordinate.
As nouns the difference between subordinate and subordinates
is that subordinate is (one who is subordinate) One who is subordinate while subordinates is plural of subordinate.As verbs the difference between subordinate and subordinates
is that subordinate is to make subservient while subordinates is third person singular simple present of to subordinate.As an adjective subordinate
is placed in a lower class, rank, or position.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”.