subordinate vs rank

rank vs subordinate

subordinate and rank both are nouns.

subordinate and rank both are adjectives.

subordinate and rank both are verbs.

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

As verbs, rank is a hypernym of subordinate; that is, rank is a word with a broader meaning than subordinate:

subordinate: rank or order as less important or consider of less value
rank: assign a rank or rating to

Other hypernyms of subordinate include grade, order, place, range, rate.

subordinate (noun)	rank (noun)
a word that is more specific than a given word	a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
an assistant subject to the authority or control of another	the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
	the body of members of an organization or group
	relative status
	position in a social hierarchy

subordinate (adjective)	rank (adjective)
lower in rank or importance	growing profusely
subject or submissive to authority or the control of another	complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence	conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
	very fertile; producing profuse growth
	very offensive in smell or taste

subordinate (verb)	rank (verb)
make subordinate, dependent, or subservient	assign a rank or rating to
rank or order as less important or consider of less value	take or have a position relative to others
	take precedence or surpass others in rank

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