primitive vs Homo heidelbergensis

Homo heidelbergensis vs primitive

primitive and Homo heidelbergensis both are nouns.

primitive is an adjective but Homo heidelbergensis is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
primitive	Yes	Yes	No	No
Homo heidelbergensis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Homo heidelbergensis is a hyponym of primitive; that is, Homo heidelbergensis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than primitive:

primitive: a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
Homo heidelbergensis: a type of primitive man who lived in Europe

Other hyponyms of primitive include Aryan, Indo-European, autochthon, Basket Maker, cave dweller, cave man, caveman, troglodyte, Heidelberg man, ape-man, missing link, Mound Builder, Piltdown hoax, Piltdown man, barbarian, savage, feral man, wild man.

primitive (noun)	Homo heidelbergensis (noun)
a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms	a type of primitive man who lived in Europe
a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

primitive (adjective)	Homo heidelbergensis (adjective)
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 primitive and Homo heidelbergensis

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