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Carnal vs Primal - What's the difference?

carnal | primal |

As adjectives the difference between carnal and primal

is that carnal is relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites while primal is being the first in time, or history.

carnal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites
  • worldly or earthly; temporal
  • of or relating to the body or flesh

    • Derived terms

    * carnal knowledge

    Related terms

    * incarnate * incarnation * reincarnate * reincarnation

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    primal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Being the first in time, or history.
    • primal man
  • Being of greatest importance; primary.
  • (meat trade) Being one of the pieces of meat initially separated from the carcass during butchering, prior to division into smaller cuts.

    • Synonyms

    * (first in time or history ): aboriginal, primaeval/primeval, primordial * (being of greatest importance ): primary

    Derived terms

    * primal therapist * primal therapy * primality * primally