chief vs primary

primary vs chief

chief and primary both are nouns.

chief and primary both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chief	Yes	Yes	No	No
primary	Yes	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, chief and primary are synonyms defined as:

chief and primary: most important element

Other synonyms of chief include main, master, principal.

chief (noun)	primary (noun)
a person who is in charge	a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
a person who exercises control over workers	one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
the head of a tribe or clan	coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
	(astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it

chief (adjective)	primary (adjective)
most important element	of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
	of or being the essential or basic part
	most important element
	not derived from or reducible to something else; basic

Difference between chief and primary

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