Aging vs Atrophy - What's the difference?
aging | atrophy |
(en noun) (US)
The process of becoming older or more mature.
Allowing something to become older.
The deliberate act of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is.
(gerontology) Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time
(euphemistic) Elderly person. Only as a collective plural in "the aging"
Becoming elderly.
(pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.
To wither or waste away.
To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
In lang=en terms the difference between aging and atrophy
is that aging is the deliberate act of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is while atrophy is to cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.As verbs the difference between aging and atrophy
is that aging is while atrophy is to wither or waste away.As nouns the difference between aging and atrophy
is that aging is the process of becoming older or more mature while atrophy is (pathology) a reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.As an adjective aging
is becoming elderly.aging
English
(wikipedia aging)Alternative forms
* ageing (Commonwealth English)Verb
(head)Noun
- The owner asked the clerk to age some big bills that were due.
Adjective
(en adjective)- The aging artist could no longer steadily hold the brush.
