What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Aging vs Ripening - What's the difference?

aging | ripening |

As verbs the difference between aging and ripening

is that aging is while ripening is .

As nouns the difference between aging and ripening

is that aging is the process of becoming older or more mature while ripening is the process of becoming ripe.

As an adjective aging

is becoming elderly.

aging

English

(wikipedia aging)

Alternative forms

* ageing (Commonwealth English)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • (en noun) (US)
  • The process of becoming older or more mature.
  • Allowing something to become older.
    • The owner asked the clerk to age some big bills that were due.
  • 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"

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Becoming elderly.
    • The aging artist could no longer steadily hold the brush.

    Usage notes

    * Comparative and superlative forms are rare.

    Anagrams

    *

    ripening

    English

    (wikipedia ripening)

    Noun

  • The process of becoming ripe.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    *