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Inaugural vs Primordial - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between inaugural and primordial

is that inaugural is of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated while primordial is first, earliest or original.

As nouns the difference between inaugural and primordial

is that inaugural is an inauguration; a formal beginning while primordial is a first principle or element.

inaugural

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated.
  • * 2008 August 21, (Cape Times) , p. 21:
    • The University of Cape Town hosts an inaugural lecture by Professor Ian Scott on Wednesday at 8pm.
  • * '>citation
  • Marking the beginning of an operation, venture, etc.
    • 2009 was the inaugural season for New York Yankees' new stadium.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inauguration; a formal beginning.
    • The inaugural of the President will take place in March.
  • A formal speech given at the beginning of an office.
  • * In his inaugural , President Obama proclaimed 'an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics'. ABC News' Teddy Davis on March 13, 2009.

    • 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.