Major
Major adjective - Sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention.
Subordinate
Subordinate adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.
Usage example: his contention is that environment plays a subordinate role to heredity in determining what we become
Both words in one sentence
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The original Star League also counts; the major members were all left to their own affairs while still being subordinate to the Terran Hegemony.
Source: The Federation -
Of special note is Toguro's unwilling subordinate Bui, whose major power is literally and explicitly called Battle Aura; he uses it to fly and shoots pieces of it for attacks.
Source: Manga / YuYu Hakusho - Ceilings are common in subordinate media adaptations of a media property, leaving any major changes for the primary medium for the property to address.
Source: Relationship Ceiling
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