Original and Primal

Original

Original adjective - Coming before all others in time or order.
Usage example: the original plan had to be discarded when the situation changed drastically

Primal is a synonym for original in first topic. In some cases you can use "Primal" instead an adjective "Original".

Primal

Primal adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

Original is a synonym for primal in primeval topic. You can use "Original" instead an adjective "Primal", if it concerns topics such as earliest.

Nearby Words: prime, primary, prim, primate, primus

Both words in one sentence

  • Tragic Monster With nothing else holding her back, she goes back to the zerg, re-assuming her infested form by becoming the "primal Queen of Blades" on Zerus, the original zerg homeworld.
  • When Primal is carrying the original Optimus's spark, there's hardly a line he says that Prime didn't say first in G-1.
  • However, this act will also introduce the Liege Maximo, one of the thirteen original transformers, representing the primal force of evil.
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