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Proto vs Primordial - What's the difference?

proto | primordial |

As nouns the difference between proto and primordial

is that proto is proton while primordial is a first principle or element.

As an adjective primordial is

first, earliest or original.

proto

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of something
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    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.