Head and Primary

Head

Head adjective - Highest in rank or authority.
Usage example: as head editor at the TV station for 17 years, he has hired and fired innumerable staff members

Primary is a synonym for head. In some cases you can use "Primary" instead an adjective "Head".

Primary

Primary adjective - Highest in rank or authority.
Usage example: the movie's primary screenwriter

Head is a synonym for primary in position topic. Sometimes you can use "Head" instead an adjective "Primary".

Nearby Words: prime, prim, primarily, primal

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Postal Primary fire at the head will knock the victim's head off, sending it a truly absurd distance across the map, or sometimes out of it altogether.
  • Use Your Head Red Brief J, a Boss in Wario World, uses a head-first charge as his primary attack.
    Source: Use Your Head
  • Series / The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Running Gag: Much like Report, the 2016 primary candidates are shown as a wall of portraits taking up most of the screen (and Donald Trump as a similarly gigantic angry head).
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