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Basic vs Secondary - What's the difference?

basic | secondary |

As adjectives the difference between basic and secondary

is that basic is necessary, essential for life or some process while secondary is succeeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.

As nouns the difference between basic and secondary

is that basic is a necessary commodity, a staple requirement while secondary is Used as an abbreviation to refer to items with names containing secondary.

As a proper noun BASIC

is a family of third-generation programming languages (c.1964 on).

basic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Necessary, essential for life or some process.
    • Flour is a basic ingredient of bread.
  • Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
    • The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is purely basic .
  • (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
  • (slang) Vapid, boring, or uncool.
  • * 2011 , (Kreayshawn), "(Gucci Gucci)", (w, Somethin' 'Bout Kreay) :
    • Gucci Gucci, Louis Louis, Fendi Fendi, Prada / Them basic bitches wear that shit, so I don't even bother
  • * 2013 , Sam Stryker, " Why Does Everyone Hate Anne Hathaway?", The Observer (University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College), Volume 46, Issue 101, 1 March 2013, page 11:
    • I'm not saying people are jealous of Hathaway because she is so perfect. Yes, she does have it all — husband, healthy career, good looks. But she doesn't do anything in an "awesome" way. She's basic .
  • * 2014 , Trevor Thrall, " Firing Line: Rowling says ‘JK,’ Ron and Hermione not meant to be", The Daily Campus (Southern Methodist University), Volume 99, Issue 54, 3 February 2014, page 4:
    • And what can be said about Ginny? She’s basic . My guess is that she spends her time drinking pumpkin spice lattes and watching “Pretty Little Liars.” The Chosen One is way out of her quidditch league.
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    • Synonyms

    * See also * (chemistry) alkaline

    Antonyms

    * (chemistry) acidic

    Derived terms

    * basically * BASIC

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
    • Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.
  • An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
    • Arithmetic is a basic for the study of mathematics.
  • (military) Basic training.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    secondary

    English

    (wikipedia secondary)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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. Compare primary.
  • (geology) 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.
  • (zootomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
  • (medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever; or occurring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis.
  • Of less than primary importance.
  • *
  • (of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
    • Yellow is a secondary light color, though a primary CMYK color.

    Coordinate terms

    (terms coordinate to secondary) * primary (1) * tertiary (3) * quaternary (4) * quinary (5) * senary (6) * septenary (7) * octonary (8) * nonary (9) * denary (10) * duodenary (12) * vigenary (20)

    Noun

    (secondaries)
  • (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
  • (finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
  • (American football, Canadian football) The defensive backs.
  • (electronics) An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar
  • One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
    • the secondary , or undersheriff, of the city of London
  • * Shakespeare
    • Old Escalus is thy secondary .
  • (astronomy) A secondary circle.
  • (astronomy) A satellite.
    • (Webster 1913)