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Antediluvian vs Methuselah - What's the difference?

antediluvian | methuselah |

As nouns the difference between antediluvian and methuselah

is that antediluvian is one who lived prior to noah's flood while methuselah is a wine bottle having the capacity of eight standard bottles (six litres).

As an adjective antediluvian

is ancient or antiquated; old; prehistoric.

antediluvian

English

(wikipedia antediluvian)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Ancient or antiquated; old; prehistoric.
  • Supremely dated.
    • Those ideas are antediluvian.
  • Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge.
  • (biblical) Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "antediluvian")

    Synonyms

    * antediluvial

    Coordinate terms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who lived prior to Noah's Flood.

    • Related terms

    * deluge * diluvial

    methuselah

    English

    (wikipedia Methuselah)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.
  • (hence) Any person or thing that has lived to a very old age.

    • Quotations

    * 1611 — 5:25-26 *: And Methuselah' lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: And ' Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: