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Aging vs Senior - What's the difference?

aging | senior |

As nouns the difference between aging and senior

is that aging is the process of becoming older or more mature while senior is someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.

As adjectives the difference between aging and senior

is that aging is becoming elderly while senior is older; superior.

As a verb aging

is present participle of lang=en.

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

    *

    senior

    English

    Alternative forms

    * seniour (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Older; superior
  • senior citizen
  • Higher in rank, dignity, or office.
  • senior''' member; '''senior counsel
  • (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
  • Antonyms

    * junior

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
  • (obsolete, Biblical) An elder or presbyter in the early Church.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts IV:
  • Then Peter full of the holy goost sayd unto them. Ye ruelars of the people, and seniours of israhel [...].
  • Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
  • He was four years her senior .
  • (US) A final-year student at a high school or university.
  • Antonyms

    * junior

    Derived terms

    * senior school

    Anagrams

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