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What is the difference between earliest and aboriginal?

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Aboriginal is a synonym of earliest.



As adjectives the difference between earliest and aboriginal

is that earliest is superlative of early while aboriginal is first according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.

As an adverb earliest

is superlative of early.

As a noun aboriginal is

an animal or plant native to a region.

As a proper noun Aboriginal is

any of the native languages spoken by Australian aborigines.

earliest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (early)

    • Derived terms

    * at the earliest

    Adverb

    (head)
  • (early)

    • Anagrams

    * * * *

    aboriginal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.
  • * 1814 , , The Excursion , Longman et al. (publishers), [http://books.google.com/books?id=T18JAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA277&dq=aboriginal page 277]:
    • Green in the Church-yard, beautiful and green; / / And mantled o'er with aboriginal turf / And everlasting flowers.
  • Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans.
  • (Aboriginal)

    • Synonyms

    * (indigenous to a place) native, indigenous, autochthonous, endemic, original, first, earliest, primitive, ancient, primordial, primeval

    Derived terms

    * aboriginality * aboriginally

    Related terms

    * aborigine

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An animal or plant native to a region.
  • * Charles Darwin
    • It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands.
  • (Aboriginal)

    • Usage notes

    * Using uncapitalized aboriginal to refer to people or anything associated with people may cause offence. * In Canada, style manuals recommend against using the noun Aboriginal for a person or people. * See also the usage notes under Aboriginal .

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