elementary vs primal

elementary

adj
  • Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something. 

  • Relating to an elementary school. 

  • Relating to a subatomic particle. 

noun
  • A supernatural being which is associated with the elements. 

  • An elementary school 

primal

adj
  • Of greatest importance; primary. 

  • Being the first in time or in history. 

  • Being one of the pieces of meat initially separated from the carcass during butchering, prior to division into smaller cuts. 

noun
  • A primal cut (of meat). 

verb
  • To take part in primal therapy. 

How often have the words elementary and primal occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )