primitive vs missing link

missing link vs primitive

primitive and missing link both are nouns.

primitive is an adjective but missing link is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
primitive	Yes	Yes	No	No
missing link	Yes	No	No	No

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

primitive: a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
missing link: hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings

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

primitive (noun)	missing link (noun)
a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms	hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings
a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

primitive (adjective)	missing link (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 missing link

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