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Seminar vs Seminal - What's the difference?

seminar | seminal |

As nouns the difference between seminar and seminal

is that seminar is a class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor while seminal is a seed.

As an adjective seminal is

of or relating to seed or semen.

seminar

English

(wikipedia seminar)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.
  • A meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community.

    • Derived terms

    * proseminar * webinar

    Related terms

    * semen * seminary

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    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

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