Underlying vs Primal - What's the difference?
underlying | primal | Related terms |
lying underneath
basic or fundamental
implicit
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.
As adjectives the difference between underlying and primal
is that underlying is lying underneath while primal is being the first in time, or history.underlying
English
Adjective
(-)- We dug down to the underlying rock.
- Points and straight lines are underlying elements of geometry.
- Many nursery rhymes have an underlying meaning.
Anagrams
*primal
English
Adjective
(-)- primal man