Primitive
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church. Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress. Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar. Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to . A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures. A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.
Example sentence: Big government is indeed big, and like another big creature, the sauropod dinosaur, government has a primitive nervous system: The fact of an injury to the tail could take nearly a minute to be communicated to the sauropod brain.
Early
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on-time.Near the start or beginning.
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: At a time before expected; sooner than usual.
Example sentence: A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.