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Elementary vs Credulous - What's the difference?

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Elementary is a related term of credulous.


As adjectives the difference between elementary and credulous

is that elementary is relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something while credulous is excessively ready to believe things; gullible.

elementary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.
  • Relating to an elementary school.
  • (physics) Relating to a subatomic particle.
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  • (archaic) Sublunary; not celestial; belonging to the sublunary sphere, to which the four classical elements (earth, air, fire and water) were confined; composed of or pertaining to these four elements.

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    credulous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.
  • (obsolete) Believed too readily.

    • Derived terms

    * credulously * credulousness

    Related terms

    * credulity

    Synonyms

    * naive, unworldly * See also:

    Antonyms

    * incredulous

    References

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