adjutant vs subalternate

adjutant

adj
  • Assistant; who helps a higher-ranking officer. 

noun
  • Any bird of the genus Leptoptilos, a branch of the stork family (Ciconiidae) native to India and Southeast Asia. 

  • An assistant. 

  • A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs. 

subalternate

adj
  • Subaltern; inferior; subordinate. 

  • Succeeding by turns; successive. 

noun
  • A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. 

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