Aging vs Prescription - What's the difference?
aging | prescription |
(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.
(legal) The act of prescribing a rule, law, etc. .
(legal) A period of time within which a right must be exercised, unless the right is extinguished.
(medicine) A written order, as by a physician or nurse practitioner, for the administration of a medicine or other intervention. See also scrip.
(medicine) The prescription medicine or intervention so prescribed.
(ophthalmology) The formal description of the lens geometry needed for spectacles, etc. .
A piece of advice.
(of a drug, etc. ) only available with a physician or nurse practitioner's written prescription
As nouns the difference between aging and prescription
is that aging is the process of becoming older or more mature while prescription is (legal) the act of prescribing a rule, law, etc .As adjectives the difference between aging and prescription
is that aging is becoming elderly while prescription is (of a drug, etc ) only available with a physician or nurse practitioner's written prescription.As a verb aging
is .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.
Usage notes
* Comparative and superlative forms are rare.Anagrams
*prescription
English
(wikipedia prescription)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- "Jurisdiction to prescribe " is a state's authority to make its laws applicable to certain persons or activities. -- Richard G. Alexander, Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996: Congress exceeds its jurisdiction to prescribe law. Washington and Lee Law Review, 1997.
- The prescription governing the victim’s right to enter a charge shall be interrupted by virtue of section 95 of the Criminal Code.
- The surgeon wrote a prescription for a pain killer and physical therapy.
- The pharmacist gave her a bottle containing her prescription .
- The optician followed the optometrist's prescription for her new eyeglasses.
- "Early to bed and early to rise" is a prescription for a healthy lifestyle.
Adjective
(head)- Many powerful pain killers are prescription drugs in the U.S.
