second banana vs subordinate

subordinate vs second banana

second banana and subordinate both are nouns.

second banana is not an adjective while subordinate is an adjective.

second banana is not a verb while subordinate is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
second banana	Yes	No	No	No
subordinate	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, subordinate is a hypernym of second banana; that is, subordinate is a word with a broader meaning than second banana:

second banana: someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role
subordinate: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

Other hypernyms of second banana include foot soldier, subsidiary, underling.

second banana (noun)	subordinate (noun)
a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian	a word that is more specific than a given word
someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role	an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

second banana (adjective)	subordinate (adjective)
	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

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

Difference between second banana and subordinate

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