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Primeval vs Old-fashioned - What's the difference?

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Primeval is a related term of old-fashioned.


As adjectives the difference between primeval and old-fashioned

is that primeval is belonging to the first ages while old-fashioned is of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue.

As a noun old-fashioned is

a whiskey-based cocktail.

primeval

English

Alternative forms

* primaeval *

Adjective

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

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    old-fashioned

    English

    Alternative forms

    * old fashioned

    Adjective

  • Of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue.
  • * , chapter=1
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned,
  • Of a person, preferring the customs of earlier times.

    • Usage notes

    * Said of all kinds of things including words, houses, places, chimneys, character traits, cookware, education, music, or style.

    Noun

    (wikipedia old-fashioned) (en noun)
  • A whiskey-based cocktail.
  • * 1996 , Paul F. Boller, Presidential Anecdotes (page 286)
    • At the end of the workday, the Trumans liked to have a cocktail before dinner. Shortly after they moved into the White House, Mrs. Truman rang for the butler, Alonzo Fields, one afternoon and ordered two old-fashioneds .