Secondhand
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: not new; previously owned and used by another dealing in such merchandise
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: indirectly
Example sentence: People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.
Secondary
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. primary.Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass; also of characters of minerals (as secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other causes.Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever. (b) Occuring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis.Of less than primary importance.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
Example sentence: Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.