Timeline for the difference in meaning between "seminal" and "path-breaking"
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| Aug 27, 2022 at 17:13 | vote | accept | user2925716 | ||
| Aug 23, 2022 at 17:27 | answer | added | David Siegel | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 23, 2022 at 13:56 | comment | added | mcalex | You probably mean 'groundbreaking', or maybe 'trailblazing'. Firstly, seminal is more formal. It pays to know that it shares roots (pun intended*) with 'semen' and is related to seeds germinating (from which whole trees grow). Groundbreaking is radical and different, but could be applied to something created yesterday. Seminal things have been around for a while - it takes time to grow the tree. *Actually a double pun, because I'm Australian ;-) | |
| Aug 23, 2022 at 10:49 | comment | added | Maths Barry | "Path-breaking" isn't a real word. Use seminal. | |
| Aug 23, 2022 at 6:34 | comment | added | user2925716 | I was unable to understand the difference in meaning from an Internet dictionary. | |
| Aug 23, 2022 at 0:28 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 23, 2022 at 0:09 | comment | added | MarcInManhattan | Please edit to show the research you've done, your prior understanding of those terms, why a dictionary can't answer this question for you, etc. | |
| Aug 22, 2022 at 21:05 | history | asked | user2925716 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |