Difference between Main and Principal

MAIN vs PRINCIPAL: NOUN

With all one's strength; with violent effort.
For the most part; in the greatest part.
The delivery pipe of a pump.
Principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones; esp. (Engin.), a principal pipe leading to or from a reservoir.
The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland.
The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. ; the high sea; the ocean.
The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.
Strength; force; might; violent effort.
A main-hamper.
The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.
A stake played for at dice.
A hand or match at dice.
The thick part of meat.
A principal duct, channel, pipe, or electrical conductor, as a water- or gas-pipe running along a street in a town, or the largest conductor in a system of electric lights.
A continental stretch of land; a continent; the maiuland, as distinguished from islands.
The expanse of ocean; the open ocean; the high sea.
Now, specifically
A broad expanse, as of space or light; unbroken extent; full sweep or stretch.
The principal point; that which is of most importance; the chief or principal object, aim, or effort.
That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the gross; the bulk; the greater part.
Strength; force; violent effort: now used chiefly in the phrase with might and main.
A banker's shovel for coin.
A match at cock-fighting.
. A hand at dice; a throw of the dice at hazard.
A hand.
A mainmast.
A mainsail.
The open ocean.
A mainland.
Physical strength.
The principal pipe or conduit in a system for conveying water, gas, oil, or other utility.
The chief or largest part.
Any very large body of (salt) water
A principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage

One who employs another to act for him, -- as distinguished from an agent.
A chief obligor, promisor, or debtor, -- as distinguished from a surety.
The chief actor in a crime, or an abettor who is present at it, -- as distinguished from an accessory.
A leader, chief, or head; one who takes the lead; one who acts independently, or who has controlling authority or influence; ; -- distinguished from a subordinate, abettor, auxiliary, or assistant.
In ornithology, one of the primaries.
An important personal belonging; an heirloom.
One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and center of a hearse were formerly crowned.
In the fine arts, the chief motive in a work of art, to which the rest are to be subordinate; also, an original painting or other work of art.
Same as principal rafter. See rafter.
A soloist or other leading performer.
In music: The subject of a fugue: opposed to answer.
A musical instrument used in old orchestral music, especially that of Handel — a variety of trumpet, probably having a larger tube than the ordinary tromba.
In organ-building, a stop of the open diapason group, usually giving tones an octave above the pitch of the digitals used, like the octave.
In com., money bearing interest; a capital sum lent on interest, due as a debt or used as a fund: so called in distinction to interest or profits.
In criminal law, the actor in the commission of a crime; a person concerned in the commission of a crime, whether he directly commits the act constituting the offense or instigates or aids and abets in its commission.
In testamentary and administration law, the corpus or capital of the estate, in contradistinction to the income.
A person for whom another becomes surety; one who is liable for a debt in the first instance.
In law: A person who, being sui juris, and competent to do an act on his own account, employs another person to do it; the person from whom an agent's authority is derived. Compare master, 2.
A governor or presiding officer; one who is Chief in authority. ; ; ;
A chief or head; one who takes a leading part; one primarily concerned in an action, and not an auxiliary, accessory, assistant, or agent: as, the principals in a duel.
In the Philippine Islands, every member, present or past, of the council of a pueblo; also, a first-born son of a gobernadorcillo or of a cabeza de barangay. See barangay.
A main truss, as of a roof, where there may be many principals.
Either of a pair of inclined timbers forming the sides of a triangular truss for a pitched roof.
The main actor in the perpetration of a crime.
The person having prime responsibility for an obligation as distinguished from one who acts as surety or as an endorser.
The person on behalf of whom an agent acts.
The most significant part of an estate, as opposed to minor or incidental components.
An amount of capital originally borrowed or invested, as opposed to the interest paid or accruing on it.
A person having a leading or starring role in a performance, such as the first player in a section of an orchestra.
A main participant in a situation, especially a financial transaction.
One who holds a position of presiding rank, especially the head of an elementary school, middle school, or high school.
An actor who plays a principal role
The original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
Capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
The educator who has executive authority for a school
The major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account

MAIN vs PRINCIPAL: ADJECTIVE

Of or relating to a continuous area or stretch, as of land or water.
Connected to or located near the mainmast.
Exerted to the utmost; sheer.
Most important; principal. : chief.

A plane passing through the optical axis of a crystal.
The line drawn through the point of sight perpendicular to the perspective plane.
The projection of the point of sight upon the plane of projection.
Three planes each of which is at right angles to the other two, and bisects all chords of the quadric perpendicular to the plane, as in an ellipsoid.
See Plane of projection (a), under Plane.
See under Challenge.
Three lines in which the principal planes of the solid intersect two and two, as in an ellipsoid.
See Axis of a curve, under Axis.
Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main
Of, relating to, or being financial principal, or a principal in a financial transaction.
First or highest in rank or importance. : chief.

MAIN vs PRINCIPAL: OTHER WORD TYPES

Of force
Of force; of the greatest possible intensity
Most important element
(of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
An obsolete variant of maim.
“Big”; angry.
Nautical, belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
Full; undivided; sheer: now used chiefly in the phrases main strength, main force.
Principal or chief in size or extent; largest; consisting of the largest part; most important by reason of size or strength: as, the main timbers of a building; the main branch of a river; the main body of an army.
Principal; prime; chief; leading; of chief or principal importance: as, his main effort was to please.
Great in size or degree; vast; hence, strong; powerful; important.
To furl: said of sails.
Mightily; exceedingly; extremely.

Buys and sells for his own account
(criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
Most important element
Synonyms Leading, great, capital, cardinal, supreme.
Of or pertaining to a prince; princely.
Chief; highest in rank, authority, value, or importance; most considerable; main; first: as, the principal officers of a government; the principal points in an argument; the principal products of a country.

MAIN vs PRINCIPAL: RELATED WORDS

Big, Prime, Overriding, Central, Predominant, Major, Key, Of import, Briny, Independent, Intense, Chief, Principal, Important, Primary

Headmaster, Superintendent, School principal, Principal sum, Of import, Lead, Corpus, Star, Important, Head teacher, Dealer, Head, Main, Primary, Chief

MAIN vs PRINCIPAL: DESCRIBE WORDS

Big, Prime, Overriding, Central, Predominant, Major, Key, Of import, Briny, Independent, Intense, Chief, Principal, Important, Primary

Rector, Headmaster, Superintendent, School principal, Of import, Lead, Corpus, Star, Important, Head teacher, Dealer, Head, Main, Primary, Chief

MAIN vs PRINCIPAL: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

The main indicators are Favor and Interest Level.
Main St, Catoia, Nuno, to Lee Campos LLC.
The main argument is simply the argument whose conclusion is the main conclusion.
Guruji is the main focused character and Ganesh Gaitonde will be pushed alongside as he is the main mastermind of this whole series.
Main Interior Building cafeteria, and snack bars in both the Main and South Interior Buildings.
The water main break repair on Christopher Street is complete and the main is back in service.
Because many grammar and punctuation rules require you to know what your main subject and main verb are.
Main Street and Broadway are the two main thoroughfares bisecting the downtown.
The previous main company number will remain assigned to the main auto receptionist.
Be your main up to the main quest and Darkbrotherhood so far that youcan only Elder.

As principal lowers, to work out the interest you pay in the following months, you need to first calculate your new principal.
Payment on a judgment is allocated first to accrued interest on the principal amount, and then to the principal.
Use the Principal element in a policy to specify the principal that is allowed or denied access to a resource.
Kanawha County Schools by South Charleston High School Assistant Principal Kimberly Williams over the hiring of the principal at the school.
The principal in a permanent endowment or fund can be invested to generate income, but the principal amount may not be spent.
Expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on behalf of a principal by a record signed by the principal.
The principal balance is the outstanding amount of principal on a mortgage; it does not include interest or any other charges.
She previously served as a teacher, assistant principal, principal and assistant superintendent.
Research the school online to identify who the principal and assistant principal are.
Louise Judice Chargois was a teacher, assistant principal and principal in Lafayette Parish.

MAIN vs PRINCIPAL: QUESTIONS

What are the main processes dealing with bioenergetics?
What are the main properties of covalent compounds?
Why did Dostoevsky name the main character Raskolnikov?
What are the main features of Managerial Economics?
What is the main objective of reliability engineering?
What were the main features of colonial production?
Do radiographers work in the main radiology department?
What is the main reason for unidirectional transmission?
What are the main causes of underpopulated countries?
What is the main thoroughfare through the main line?

What is principal component regression in statistics?
What is probabilistic principal component analysis (PPCA)?
What are the principal operations of StringBuilder?
Can a database principal be linked to a server principal?
Can a principal designer be a principal contractor under CDM 2015?
How to prepare for EMRs Principal & Vice Principal recruitment exam 2021?
What is the role of a principal and an assistant principal?
How do I contact the principal or interim principal of Bham?
What is a CDM principal designer or principal contractor?
How to select principal components in principal component analysis?

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAIN AND PRINCIPAL

MAIN vs PRINCIPAL: NOUN

MAIN vs PRINCIPAL: ADJECTIVE

MAIN vs PRINCIPAL: OTHER WORD TYPES

MAIN vs PRINCIPAL: RELATED WORDS

MAIN vs PRINCIPAL: DESCRIBE WORDS

MAIN vs PRINCIPAL: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

MAIN vs PRINCIPAL: QUESTIONS