subordinate vs assistant

assistant vs subordinate

subordinate and assistant both are nouns.

subordinate and assistant both are adjectives.

subordinate is a verb but assistant is not a verb.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of subordinate include help, helper, supporter.

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

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

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

Difference between subordinate and assistant

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