savage vs primitive

primitive vs savage

savage and primitive both are nouns.

savage and primitive both are adjectives.

savage is a verb but primitive is not a verb.

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

As nouns, primitive is a hypernym of savage; that is, primitive is a word with a broader meaning than savage:

savage: a member of an uncivilized people
primitive: a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

Other hypernyms of savage include primitive person.

savage (noun)	primitive (noun)
a member of an uncivilized people	a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
a cruelly rapacious person	a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
	a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

savage (adjective)	primitive (adjective)
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering	used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
without civilizing influences	of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
marked by extreme and violent energy	little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
wild and menacing	belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

savage (verb)	primitive (verb)
criticize harshly or violently
attack brutally and fiercely

Difference between savage and primitive

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