Fundamental vs. Basic
Fundamentalnoun
(usually plural) A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; an essential part
Fundamentalnoun
(physics) The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.
Fundamentalnoun
(music) The lowest partial of a complex tone.
Fundamentaladjective
Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation.
Fundamentaladjective
Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary.
Fundamentaladjective
Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation.
Fundamentalnoun
A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of the Christian faith.
Fundamentalnoun
the lowest tone of a harmonic series
Fundamentaladjective
serving as an essential component;
Fundamentaladjective
being or involving basic facts or principles;
Fundamentaladjective
far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something;
Basicadjective
Necessary, essential for life or some process.
Basicadjective
Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
Basicadjective
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
Basicadjective
(slang) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
Basicnoun
A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
Basicnoun
An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
Basicnoun
(military) Basic training.
Basicadjective
Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.
Basicadjective
Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.
Basicnoun
an artificial computer language with a relatively simplified instruction set.
Basicnoun
a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use
Basicnoun
(usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
Basicadjective
pertaining to or constituting a base or basis;
Basicadjective
reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality;
Basicadjective
of primary importance;
Basicadjective
serving as a base or starting point;
Basicadjective
of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
