principal vs primary

primary vs principal

principal and primary both are nouns.

principal and primary both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
principal	Yes	Yes	No	No
primary	Yes	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, principal and primary are synonyms defined as:

principal and primary: most important element

Other synonyms of principal include chief, main, master.

principal (noun)	primary (noun)
the educator who has executive authority for a school	a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
an actor who plays a principal role	one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account	coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
(criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement	(astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

principal (adjective)	primary (adjective)
most important element	of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
	of or being the essential or basic part
	most important element
	not derived from or reducible to something else; basic

Difference between principal and primary

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