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Secondary vs Third - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between secondary and third

is that secondary is succeeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate while third is the ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

As nouns the difference between secondary and third

is that secondary is Used as an abbreviation to refer to items with names containing secondary.third is the person or thing in the third position.

As a verb third is

to agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.

secondary

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.
  • Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.
  • Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Compare primary.
  • (geology) Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass; also of characters of minerals (as secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other causes.
  • (zootomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
  • (medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever; or occurring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis.
  • Of less than primary importance.
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  • (of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
  • Yellow is a secondary light color, though a primary CMYK color.

    Coordinate terms

    (terms coordinate to secondary) * primary (1) * tertiary (3) * quaternary (4) * quinary (5) * senary (6) * septenary (7) * octonary (8) * nonary (9) * denary (10) * duodenary (12) * vigenary (20)

    Noun

    (secondaries)
  • (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
  • (finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
  • (American football, Canadian football) The defensive backs.
  • (electronics) An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar
  • One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
  • the secondary , or undersheriff, of the city of London
  • * Shakespeare
  • Old Escalus is thy secondary .
  • (astronomy) A secondary circle.
  • (astronomy) A satellite.
  • (Webster 1913)

    third

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
  • The third tree from the left is my favorite.

    Synonyms

    * ; III

    Noun

  • The person or thing in the third position.
  • Jones came in third .
  • One of three equal parts of a whole.
  • He ate a third''' of the pie. Divided by two-'''thirds .
  • (uncountable) The third gear of an engine.
  • Now put it into third .
  • (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
  • They sing in thirds .
  • (baseball) third base
  • The play ended with Jones standing on third .
  • (archaic) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Also formerly known as a tierce.
  • Synonyms

    * (gear) third gear * (fractions)

    Derived terms

    * thirdness

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been .
  • To divide into three equal parts.
  • See also

    * interval