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Aping vs Aging - What's the difference?

aping | aging |

As verbs the difference between aping and aging

is that aping is while aging is .

As nouns the difference between aping and aging

is that aping is foolish imitation or mimicry while aging is the process of becoming older or more mature.

As an adjective aging is

becoming elderly.

aping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • foolish imitation or mimicry
  • * 1857 , Augusta Johnstone, A woman's preachings for woman's practice (page 159)
    • harmful apings' of the better, and empty-headed ' apings of the worse

    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.

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