Earliest vs Germinal - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between earliest and germinal

is that earliest is superlative of early while germinal is pertaining or belonging to a germ.

is superlative of early.

the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar, from March 20 or 21 to April 20 or 21.

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* at the earliest

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(en adjective)

Pertaining or belonging to a germ.

(label) Of or pertaining to something very small, as small as a germ; pertaining to the essence of something.

It was only the most germinal idea, to start writing a book, originally.

(label) Highly influential, seminal.

In sense “highly influential”, primarily used as a consciously feminist alternative to male (m) ( vs. (term)).

* (relating to seed) (l) * (influential) (l)

* germinal cell * germinal disk * germinal epithelium * germinal matrix * germinal membrane * germinal spot * germinal vesicle * subgerminal

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