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 Sestrin - What's the difference?

aging | sestrin |

As nouns the difference between aging and sestrin

is that aging is the process of becoming older or more mature while sestrin is (protein) any of a family of proteins that play key roles in regulating aging and metabolism.

As a verb aging

is .

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

    *

    sestrin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (protein) Any of a family of proteins that play key roles in regulating aging and metabolism

    • Anagrams

    * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Adjective

  • sister's

    • Declension

    (sh-adj-indef) ----