Primordial vs Primal - What's the difference?
primordial | primal | Synonyms |
first, earliest or original
* Sir W. Hamilton
(biology) characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium
primeval
Being the first in time, or history.
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.
Primal is a synonym of primordial.
As adjectives the difference between primordial and primal
is that primordial is first, earliest or original while primal is being the first in time, or history.As a noun primordial
is a first principle or element.primordial
English
Adjective
(-)- the primordial facts of our intelligent nature
- a primordial''' leaf; a '''primordial cell
Derived terms
* primordial black hole * primordial cell * primordial element * primordial fluctuations * primordial soupprimal
English
Adjective
(-)- primal man