elemental vs elementary
Definitions
adjective
- of or being the essential or basic part
- relating to severe atmospheric conditions
- relating to or being an element
Examples
It is hard nowadays to get away with something so elemental.
Deeply embedded within her mind is a node of pure Elemental energy.
Football's most elemental rivalry was providing the defining classic of the genre.
Definitions
adjective
- of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education
- of or being the essential or basic part
- easy and not involved or complicated
Examples
I was talking to a mom today whose daughter's elementary teacher said she was afraid that her daughter had "selective mutism.
Children enter elementary school at the age of five, don't they?
I know enough about this issue to know that ESEA is the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the main federal law authorizing federal financial assistance to schools whose most recent instantiation is also known as No Child Left Behind.
