different between primeval vs rudimentary

English

Alternative forms

• primaeval, primæval

Etymology

From primevous +? -al. Further, primevous, from Latin primaevus (“in the first or earliest period of life”), from primus (“first”) + aevum (“time, age”); see prime and age.

Pronunciation

• enPR: "pr?m'?v?l, IPA^(key): /?p?a??mi.v?l/

Adjective

primeval (comparative more primeval, superlative most primeval)

1. belonging to the first ages
2. primary; original
3. primitive
   • 1957, H. E. Bates, Death of a Huntsman

     If their views were entrancing their sanitation was primeval; if they possessed stables they were also next to the gas-works; if their gardens were delightful there were odours suspicious of mice in the bedrooms.

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Further reading

• primeval in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• primeval in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

rudiment +? -ary

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??u?d??m?nt??i/, /??u?d??m?nt???i/

Adjective

rudimentary (comparative more rudimentary, superlative most rudimentary)

1. Of or relating to one or more rudiments.

   I have only a rudimentary grasp of chemistry.

2. Basic; minimal; with less than, or only the minimum, necessary.

   His grasp of rudimentary English allowed him at least to do the shopping.

   His rudimentary driving skills meant that he was a danger on the road.

Related terms

• rudiment

Translations

Noun

rudimentary (plural rudimentaries)

1. (zoology, usually in the plural) One of the rudimentary mammae of boars.