primitive vs autochthon

autochthon vs primitive

primitive and autochthon both are nouns.

primitive is an adjective but autochthon is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
primitive	Yes	Yes	No	No
autochthon	Yes	No	No	No

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

primitive: a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
autochthon: the earliest known inhabitants of a region

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

primitive (noun)	autochthon (noun)
a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms	the earliest known inhabitants of a region
a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

primitive (adjective)	autochthon (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 autochthon

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