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primitive vs primitiveness

primitiveness vs primitive

primitive and primitiveness both are nouns.

primitive is an adjective but primitiveness is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
primitive Yes Yes No No
primitiveness Yes No No No
primitive (noun) primitiveness (noun)
a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms a wild or unrefined state
a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
primitive (adjective) primitiveness (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 primitiveness

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