Primary contact vs. primary account

My scenario is that:
Looking at the contact details when multiple accounts, one account is flagged as primary
Each of the accounts are linked to this same contact, yet when I look at each account
within the account details, only one of the accounts has a contact flagged as primary
So my question is are these two primary flags separate? Or are they the same flag in the data model?
I thought that an account could have multiple contacts, with only one as primary (e.g. the first
one attached to it), and independently/vice versa (a contact could be associated to multiple
accounts, with one as primary).

Hi,
these flags should be independent. One contact can be primary contact on multiple accounts, but only one account is her primary account and vice versa.
BR

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