principal vs. principle

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I discovered a way to distinguish them 

I'll tell it later. 

Main Entry:

principal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: most important
Synonyms: arch, capital, cardinal, champion, chief, controlling, crowning, dominant, essential, first, foremost, greatest, head, highest, incomparable, key, leading, main, mainline, major, matchless, maximum, outstanding, paramount, peerless, predominant, preeminent, premier, prevailing, primary, prime, prominent, second-to-none, sovereign, star, stellar, strongest, supereminent, superior, supreme, transcendent, unapproachable, unequaled, unparalleled, unrivaled
Notes: principle  means fundamental, as in beliefs or truths or understandings and it is always a noun; principal  can be a noun or adjective meaning chief or of first importance
Antonyms: auxiliary, extra, least, lesser, minor, secondary, trivial, unimportant

 

 

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Main Entry: principle

Part of Speech: noun
Definition: law, standard
Synonyms: assumption, axiom, basis, canon, convention, criterion, dictum, doctrine, dogma, ethic, form, formula, foundation, fundamental, golden rule, ground, maxim, origin, postulate, precept, prescript, principium, proposition, regulation, rule, source, theorem, truth, usage, verity
Notes: principle  means fundamental, as in beliefs or truths or understandings and it is always a noun; principal  can be a noun or adjective meaning chief or of first importance
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