Ageing vs Senile - What's the difference?
ageing | senile |
(Australia, New Zealand, British)
(Australia, New Zealand, British) The process of becoming older or more mature.
(Australia, New Zealand, British) The deliberate act of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is.
(Australia, New Zealand, British, gerontology) Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.
(Australia, New Zealand, British) Becoming elderly.
Of, or relating to old age.
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, title= (often, offensive) Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.
As adjectives the difference between ageing and senile
is that ageing is (australia|new zealand|british) becoming elderly while senile is senile.As a verb ageing
is (australia|new zealand|british).As a noun ageing
is (australia|new zealand|british) the process of becoming older or more mature.ageing
English
(aging)Alternative forms
* aging (US)Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(-)- The ageing artist could no longer steadily hold the brush.
senile
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Charles T. Ambrose
Alzheimer’s Disease, volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.}}
