The difference between Leader and Subordinate

When used as nouns, leader means any person that leads or directs one who goes first one having authority to direct one who leads a political party or group of elected party members, whereas subordinate means one who is subordinate.


Subordinate is also verb with the meaning: to make subservient.

Subordinate is also adjective with the meaning: placed in a lower class, rank, or position.

check bellow for the other definitions of Leader and Subordinate

  1. Leader as a noun (music):

    any person that leads or directs one who goes first one having authority to direct one who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles a person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc. a performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra the first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster

    Examples:

    "Follow the leader."

    "We elected her team leader."

    "synonyms: chief chieftain commander"

    "w Leader of the House of Commons Leader of the House of Commons"

    "w Senate Majority Leader Senate Majority Leader"

    "The company is the leader in home remodeling in the county."

    "synonyms: conductor"

  2. Leader as a noun:

    an animal that leads the dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions an animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs

    Examples:

    "synonyms: alpha pack leader"

  3. Leader as a noun (botany):

    someone or something that leads or conducts a fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant a pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground the first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story a section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line a piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press a loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price a type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number a net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. a branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one a block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places the drive wheel in any kind of machinery the path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning

    Examples:

    "sense person that leads or conducts synonyms: guide conductor"

    "synonyms: driver drive wheel"

  1. Subordinate as an adjective:

    Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.

  2. Subordinate as an adjective:

    Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by, authority.

  3. Subordinate as an adjective (grammar, of a clause, not comparable):

    dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause

    Examples:

    "In the sentence “The barbecue finished before John arrived”, the subordinate clause “before John arrived” specifies the time of the main clause, “The barbecue finished”."

  4. Subordinate as an adjective:

    Descending in a regular series.

  1. Subordinate as a noun (countable):

    One who is subordinate.

  1. Subordinate as a verb (transitive):

    To make subservient.

  2. Subordinate as a verb (transitive):

    To treat as of less value or importance.

  3. Subordinate as a verb (transitive, finance):

    To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.