Bolden vs Olden - What's the difference?
bolden | olden |
From or relating to a previous era.
* Cole Porter, Anything Goes
Old; ancient.
* 1857 , Martha Griffith Browne, Autobiography of a Female Slave (page 347)
As verbs the difference between bolden and olden
is that bolden is to make bold; to embolden while olden is to grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age.As an adjective olden is
from or relating to a previous era.olden
English
Etymology 1
From .Adjective
(-)- In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking. Now heaven knows, anything goes.
- We told over the story of past sufferings, and renewed olden vows of devotion.
