adjunct vs secretary

adjunct

noun
  • A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague. 

  • An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient. 

  • A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that modifies its meaning. 

  • A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar. 

  • Symploce. 

  • One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors. 

  • A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. 

  • An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity. 

adj
  • Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position. 

  • Connected in a subordinate function. 

secretary

noun
  • A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations. 

  • A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire. 

  • A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work. 

  • The head of a department of government. 

  • A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius. 

verb
  • To serve as a secretary of. 

How often have the words adjunct and secretary occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )