higher-up vs superordinate

higher-up

noun
  • Somebody with greater authority, seniority, rank, status or position; one who outranks. 

superordinate

noun
  • That which is superordinate. 

  • A hypernym. 

verb
  • To cause to be superordinate. 

adj
  • The relation of a universal proposition to a specific proposition of the same form with the universal quantified variable replaced by a specific instance. 

  • hypernymic 

  • Greater in degree, rank or position. 

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