Supplementary vs Subordinate - What's the difference?
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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 supplementary and subordinate
is that supplementary is additional; added to supply what is wanted 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.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”.