accessary vs tributary

accessary

adj
  • Accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See accessory. 

noun
  • Someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense. 

tributary

adj
  • subordinate; inferior 

  • Related to the paying of tribute. 

  • Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing. 

noun
  • A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute. 

  • A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water. 

  • A vein which drains into a another vein. 

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