Subject vs. Superject — What's the Difference?

A person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with

(philosophy) The emergent actual occasion from which value is abstracted.

A branch of knowledge studied or taught in a school, college, or university

A member of a state other than its ruler, especially one owing allegiance to a monarch or other supreme ruler

A noun or noun phrase functioning as one of the main components of a clause, being the element about which the rest of the clause is predicated.

A thinking or feeling entity; the conscious mind; the ego, especially as opposed to anything external to the mind.

Likely or prone to be affected by (a particular condition or occurrence, typically an unwelcome or unpleasant one)

Dependent or conditional upon

Under the authority of

Conditionally upon

Cause or force someone or something to undergo (a particular experience or form of treatment, typically an unwelcome or unpleasant one)

Bring (a person or country) under one's control or jurisdiction, typically by using force

Being in a position or in circumstances that place one under the power or authority of another or others

Prone; disposed

Likely to incur or receive; exposed

Contingent or dependent

One who is under the rule of another or others, especially one who owes allegiance to a government or ruler.

One concerning which something is said or done; a person or thing being discussed or dealt with

Something that is treated or indicated in a work of art.

(Music) A theme of a composition, especially a fugue.

A course or area of study

A basis for action; a cause.

One that experiences or is subjected to something

A person or animal that is the object of medical or scientific study

A corpse intended for anatomical study and dissection.

One who is under surveillance

(Grammar) The noun, noun phrase, or pronoun in a sentence or clause that denotes the doer of the action or what is described by the predicate.

(Logic) The term of a proposition about which something is affirmed or denied.

The mind or thinking part as distinguished from the object of thought.

A being that undergoes personal conscious or unconscious experience of itself and of the world.

The essential nature or substance of something as distinguished from its attributes.

To cause to experience, undergo, or be acted upon

To subjugate; subdue.

To submit to the authority of

Likely to be affected by or to experience something.

Conditional upon something; used with to.

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.

(grammar) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.

An actor; one who takes action.

The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.

A particular area of study.

A citizen in a monarchy.

A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.

(music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.

A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.

(philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.

(logic) That of which something is stated.

(math) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.

To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.

(transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave.

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

Placed under the power of another; specifically (International Law), owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain.

Exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to extreme heat; men subject to temptation.

Obedient; submissive.

That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else.

Specifically: One who is under the authority of a ruler and is governed by his laws; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or a sovereign state; as, a subject of Queen Victoria; a British subject; a subject of the United States.

That which is subjected, or submitted to, any physical operation or process; specifically (Anat.), a dead body used for the purpose of dissection.

That which is brought under thought or examination; that which is taken up for discussion, or concerning which anything is said or done.

The person who is treated of; the hero of a piece; the chief character.

That of which anything is affirmed or predicated; the theme of a proposition or discourse; that which is spoken of; as, the nominative case is the subject of the verb.

That in which any quality, attribute, or relation, whether spiritual or material, inheres, or to which any of these appertain; substance; substratum.

The principal theme, or leading thought or phrase, on which a composition or a movement is based.

The incident, scene, figure, group, etc., which it is the aim of the artist to represent.

To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue.

To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions.

To submit; to make accountable.

To make subservient.

To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject a person to a rigid test.

The subject matter of a conversation or discussion;

Some situation or event that is thought about;

A branch of knowledge;

Something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation;

A person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation;

A person who owes allegiance to that nation;

(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated

(logic) the first term of a proposition

Cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to;

Make accountable for;

Make subservient; force to submit or subdue

Refer for judgment or consideration;

Not exempt from tax;

Possibly accepting or permitting;

Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others;