assistant vs subordinate

subordinate vs assistant

assistant and subordinate both are nouns.

assistant and subordinate both are adjectives.

assistant is not a verb while subordinate is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
assistant	Yes	Yes	No	No
subordinate	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, subordinate is a hyponym of assistant; that is, subordinate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than assistant:

assistant: a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
subordinate: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

Other hyponyms of assistant include coadjutor, accomplice, confederate, aide, auxiliary, attendant, attender, tender, bat boy, dental assistant, deputy, lieutenant, actor's assistant, dresser, event planner, facilitator, flower girl, girl Friday, enforcer, hatchet man, cat's-paw, instrument, pawn, birthing coach, doula, labor coach, monitrice, underboss, fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, model, model, poser, paraprofessional, powder monkey, prompter, theater prompter, chief assistant, man Friday, right-hand man, secretarial assistant, secretary, sidesman, foot soldier, subsidiary, underling, water boy, waterer, whipper-in, boy Friday.

assistant (noun)	subordinate (noun)
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose	a word that is more specific than a given word
	an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

assistant (adjective)	subordinate (adjective)
of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another	lower in rank or importance
	subject or submissive to authority or the control of another
	(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence

assistant (verb)	subordinate (verb)
	make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
	rank or order as less important or consider of less value

Difference between assistant and subordinate

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