primitive vs Piltdown hoax

Piltdown hoax vs primitive

primitive and Piltdown hoax both are nouns.

primitive is an adjective but Piltdown hoax is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
primitive	Yes	Yes	No	No
Piltdown hoax	Yes	No	No	No

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

primitive: a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
Piltdown hoax: a supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax

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

primitive (noun)	Piltdown hoax (noun)
a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms	a supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax
a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

primitive (adjective)	Piltdown hoax (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 Piltdown hoax

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