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As an introduction/disclaimer: All of these are debatable and could be nuanced down to wits end, so I'm doing this to a brief understanding. Dom/me and sub are matched, as are top and bottom and Master and slave, but they're all nuances of the same ideas. All of them could be bedroom only or 24/7 total power exchange. And of course, all of them, despite degrees of severity, only are what they are if they're SCC.
Dom and sub are pretty straightforward. A dom is one who likes to be dominant and in control, where a submissive likes being controlled and/or submitting to a dom.
I find the main difference between this and Master/slave to be the severity and that a submissive is generally submitting to a Dom/me and trying to please, a slave is completely under control (at least during play). Master and slave are generally D/s, but that doesn't make all doms and subs Master/slave.
Master/slave obviously, even in a 24/7 TPE relationship doesn't mean the same thing as a slave defined by the dictionary. It is, in the most basic sense, a more severe version of D/s. A master would have more control over his slave than a Dom over a sub, and the slave's servitude would be total, or at least during play. Instead of just submitting to the master's will and trying to please, a slave would be under complete control of the master during play.
Top and bottom are more confusing, in my opinion. From both my perspective and a discussion with others, I've perceived this: Though it's been taken to mean that way sometimes, and seems like it makes sense, being a top doesn't necessarily mean you're in control. You could be a master who likes to always have their slave ride them, thus a bottom in control. However, due to the fact that it's been used crosswise, now it's somewhat crossed with dom, though a top could, technically be a sub. Same thing with bottom.
Pretty much the same thing as top/bottom goes on for sadism and masochism. A masochist could be a master who loved having their slave hurt them for his (the master's) pleasure, or as usually interpreted, a submissive being tortured for he and his master. It's less likely for a sub to be sadistic though, I find, seeing as that means taking control, something subs aren't inclined to.
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