Ground
Ground adjective - Having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something.
Subordinate and ground are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Subordinate" instead an adjective "Ground".
Subordinate
Subordinate adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.
Ground and subordinate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ground" instead an adjective "Subordinate".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Instead, Lee ignored his subordinate's advice and fought in a direct confrontation in Gettysburg where Union General Meade was able to hold the high ground.
Source: Ignored Expert - He has a catastrophic breakdown when Guts leaves the Hawks due to wanting to stand on even ground with him and feeling that he was unable to as his subordinate.
Source: False Friend -
Lampshaded and handwaved in Nobody Dies; it's quoted in dialog between two subordinate scientists that they can never get Yui to explain why the Evas don't sink into the ground due to their weight, and the current dominant theory is that the ground is too scared of them to let them in.
Source: Square/Cube Law
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