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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Primal VS primary

What is the difference between primal and primary?
  

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Primal is a less common, more narrowly used word. " Primary is the more generally used term and has a wide range of meanings. It also can mean primitive and first in importance.

  • Primal is a less common, more narrowly used word.
  • " Primary is the more generally used term and has a wide range of meanings.
  • It also can mean primitive and first in importance.
  • " It can mean "direct" (as opposed to indirect).
  • And so forth.
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Primal is a less common, more narrowly used word. It can be used to mean "primitive," as in "the primal world of dinosaurs." Or it can mean "first in importance," as in "the primal rule is do as you would be done by."

Primary is the more generally used term and has a wide range of meanings. It also can mean primitive and first in importance. It is often used t

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