barbarian vs primitive

primitive vs barbarian

barbarian and primitive both are nouns.

barbarian and primitive both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
barbarian	Yes	Yes	No	No
primitive	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, primitive is a hypernym of barbarian; that is, primitive is a word with a broader meaning than barbarian:

barbarian: a member of an uncivilized people
primitive: a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

Other hypernyms of barbarian include primitive person.

barbarian (noun)	primitive (noun)
a member of an uncivilized people	a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement	a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
	a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

barbarian (adjective)	primitive (adjective)
without civilizing influences	used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
	of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
	little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
	belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

Difference between barbarian and primitive

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