Executive and Primary

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Executive adjective - Suited for or relating to the directing of things.

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Primary and executive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Primary" instead an adjective "Executive".

Primary adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

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Executive and primary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Executive" instead an adjective "Primary".

Nearby Words: prime, prim, primarily, primal

Manny Coto took over primary showrunning duties from Rick Berman and Brannon Braga in the fourth season of Star Trek: Enterprise, replacing Braga as executive producer.

Source: Showrunner
Zedd is the executive producer of Power Rangers - of which Zordon is a producer - and the primary motive is to keep the show on the air.

Source: Web Video / Truncated Power Rangers
In the movie, the primary villain is merely a Corrupt Corporate Executive and doesn't have any exceptional physical abilities.

Source: Authority Equals Asskicking / Video Games

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