Antique vs Hoary - What's the difference?
antique | hoary |
Old, used especially of furniture and household items; out of date.
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(label) To make an object appear to be an antique in some way.
White or gray with age.
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(zoology) Of a pale silvery gray.
(botany) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.
(obsolete) Remote in time past.
(obsolete) Moldy; mossy; musty.
Old or old-fashioned.
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As adjectives the difference between antique and hoary
is that antique is old, used especially of furniture and household items; out of date while hoary is white or gray with age.As a noun antique
is an old piece of furniture, household item, or other similar item.As a verb antique
is (label) to shop for antiques; to search for antiques.antique
English
Adjective
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Verb
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* * English retronyms ----hoary
English
Adjective
(er)- The old man bowed his hoary head in acquiescence.
"How Firm a Foundation":
- And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,
- Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.
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