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Ancestral vs Primordial - What's the difference?

ancestral | primordial |

As adjectives the difference between ancestral and primordial

is that ancestral is of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate while primordial is first, earliest or original.

As a noun primordial is

a first principle or element.

ancestral

English

Alternative forms

* ancestrall (obsolete) * auncestral (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.

    • Anagrams

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    primordial

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • first, earliest or original
  • * Sir W. Hamilton
    • the primordial facts of our intelligent nature
  • (biology) characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium
    • a primordial''' leaf; a '''primordial cell
  • primeval

    • Derived terms

    * primordial black hole * primordial cell * primordial element * primordial fluctuations * primordial soup

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A first principle or element.