different between underlying vs primal

English

Adjective

underlying (not comparable)

1. lying underneath

   We dug down to the underlying rock.

2. basic or fundamental
3. implicit

   Many nursery rhymes have an underlying meaning.

Translations

Noun

underlying (plural underlyings)

1. (finance) The entity from whose performance a derivative derives its value.

Verb

underlying

1. present participle of underlie

Anagrams

• enduringly

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin primalis, from Latin primus (“first”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?a?m?l/
• Rhymes: -a?m?l

Adjective

primal (not comparable)

1. Being the first in time or in history.

2. Of greatest importance; primary.
3. (meat trade) Being one of the pieces of meat initially separated from the carcass during butchering, prior to division into smaller cuts.

Synonyms

• (first in time or history): aboriginal, primaeval/primeval, primordial
• (of greatest importance): primary

Derived terms

• primal therapist
• primal therapy
• primality
• primally

Translations

Noun

primal (plural primals)

1. A primal cut (of meat).

Verb

primal (third-person singular simple present primals, present participle primaling or primalling, simple past and past participle primaled or primalled)

1. (intransitive) To take part in primal therapy.
   • 1979, The Journal of Orgonomy (volume 13, issue 1, page 108)

     One of my patients told me of an acquaintance who primaled in the shopping center. Janov described a patient who primaled on the tennis court. Apparently, once initiated, patients primal in any place at any time for the rest of their lives.

   • 1982, Lawrence Edwin Abt, Irving R. Stuart, The Newer Therapies: A Sourcebook (page 369)

     Primaling on the infant level seems so genuinely babyish that the unsophisticated observer may mistake it for psychotic behavior.

References

• Primal cut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• imparl