The difference between Aboriginal and First
When used as nouns, aboriginal means an animal or plant native to a region, whereas first means the person or thing in the first position.
When used as adjectives, aboriginal means first according to historical or scientific records, whereas first means preceding all others of a series or kind.
First is also adverb with the meaning: before anything else.
check bellow for the other definitions of Aboriginal and First
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Aboriginal as an adjective:
First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.
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Aboriginal as an adjective:
Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans.
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Aboriginal as an adjective:
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Aboriginal as a noun:
An animal or plant native to a region.
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Aboriginal as a noun:
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First as an adjective:
Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
Examples:
"The first day of September 2013 was a Sunday."
"I was the first runner to reach the finish line, and won the race."
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First as an adjective:
Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
Examples:
"Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece."
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First as an adverb:
Before anything else; firstly.
Examples:
"Clean the sink first, before you even think of starting to cook."
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First as a noun (uncountable):
The person or thing in the first position.
Examples:
"He was the first to complete the course."
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First as a noun (uncountable):
The first gear of an engine.
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First as a noun (countable):
Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
Examples:
"This is a first. For once he has nothing to say."
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First as a noun (countable, baseball):
first base
Examples:
"There was a close play at first."
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First as a noun (countable, British, colloquial):
A first-class honours degree.
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First as a noun (countable, colloquial):
A first-edition copy of some publication.
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First as a noun:
A fraction of an integer ending in one.
Examples:
"one forty-first of the estate"
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First as a noun (obsolete):
Time; time granted; respite.