basic principle vs first principles

basic principle and first principles both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
basic principle	Yes	No	No	No
first principles	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, first principles is a hyponym of basic principle; that is, first principles is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than basic principle:

basic principle: principles from which other truths can be derived
first principles: the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)

Other hyponyms of basic principle include alphabet, rudiments.

basic principle (noun)	first principles (noun)
principles from which other truths can be derived	the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)

basic principle vs first principles

basic principle and first principles both are nouns.

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