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Seminal vs Earliest - What's the difference?

seminal | earliest | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between seminal and earliest

is that seminal is of or relating to seed or semen while earliest is superlative of early.

As a noun seminal

is a seed.

As an adverb earliest is

superlative of early.

seminal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to seed or semen.
  • Creative or having the power to originate.
  • Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.
  • * Hare
  • The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle.
    "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was a seminal work in the modern philosophy of science.
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  • Synonyms

    * (relating to seed) germinal * (creative) innovative, primary * (highly influential) innovative, formative

    Derived terms

    * seminality * seminally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A seed.
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
  • the seminals of spiders and scorpions

    Anagrams

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    earliest

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (early)
  • Derived terms

    * at the earliest

    Adverb

    (head)
  • (early)
  • Anagrams

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