troglodyte vs primitive

primitive vs troglodyte

troglodyte and primitive both are nouns.

troglodyte is not an adjective while primitive is an adjective.

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

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

troglodyte: someone who lives in a cave
primitive: a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

Other hypernyms of troglodyte include primitive person.

troglodyte (noun)	primitive (noun)
someone who lives in a cave	a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
one who lives in solitude	a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
	a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

troglodyte (adjective)	primitive (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 troglodyte and primitive

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