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Primeval vs Indigenous - What's the difference?

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Primeval is a related term of indigenous.


As adjectives the difference between primeval and indigenous

is that primeval is belonging to the first ages while indigenous is (chiefly|of living things) born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.

primeval

English

Alternative forms

* primaeval *

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Belonging to the first ages.
  • Primary; original.
  • Primitive.

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    indigenous

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (chiefly, of living things) Born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
  • * 1862 , , "Wild Apples: The History of the Apple Tree":
    • Not only the Indian, but many indigenous insects, birds, and quadrupeds, welcomed the apple-tree to these shores.
  • Innate, inborn.
  • * 1852 , , Uncle Tom's Cabin , ch. 18:
    • She was a native and essential cook, as much as Aunt Chloe,—cooking being an indigenous talent of the African race.
  • * 1883 , , "Stephen Archer" in Stephen Archer and Other Tales :
    • He had all the tricks of a newspaper boy indigenous in him.

    Synonyms

    * (born or engendered in) aboriginal, autochthonous, native

    Derived terms

    * indigenity * indigenously * indigenousness * nonindigenous