dictator vs subordinate

dictator

noun
  • A tyrannical boss or authority figure. 

  • A person who dictates text (e.g. letters to a clerk). 

  • A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government. 

  • A magistrate without colleague in republican Ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the senate (legislature), typically to conduct a war. 

subordinate

noun
  • One who is subordinate. 

verb
  • To make subservient. 

  • To treat as of less value or importance. 

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

adj
  • Descending in a regular series. 

  • Placed in a lower class, rank, or position. 

  • dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause 

  • Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority. 

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