basic vs basilar

basic

• Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7. 

• Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional. 

• Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool. 

• Necessary, essential for life or some process. 

• An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge. 

• A necessary commodity, a staple requirement. 

• Basic training. 

basilar

• Of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or an organ of Corti. 

• Lower, inferior, base.