primary vs quill feather

quill feather vs primary

primary and quill feather both are nouns.

primary is an adjective but quill feather is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
primary	Yes	Yes	No	No
quill feather	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, quill feather is a hypernym of primary; that is, quill feather is a word with a broader meaning than primary:

primary: one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
quill feather: any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird

Other hypernyms of primary include flight feather, pinion, quill.

primary (noun)	quill feather (noun)
a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen	any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
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

primary (adjective)	quill feather (adjective)
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 primary and quill feather

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