The difference between Aboriginal and Primeval

When used as adjectives, aboriginal means first according to historical or scientific records, whereas primeval means belonging to the first ages.


Aboriginal is also noun with the meaning: an animal or plant native to a region.

check bellow for the other definitions of Aboriginal and Primeval

  1. Aboriginal as an adjective:

    First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.

  2. Aboriginal as an adjective:

    Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans.

  3. Aboriginal as an adjective:

  1. Aboriginal as a noun:

    An animal or plant native to a region.

  2. Aboriginal as a noun:

  1. Primeval as an adjective:

    belonging to the first ages

  2. Primeval as an adjective:

    primary; original

  3. Primeval as an adjective:

    primitive