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Elderly vs Older - What's the difference?

elderly | older |

As adjectives the difference between elderly and older

is that elderly is old; having lived for relatively many years while older is comparative of old, elder, senior.

As a noun elderly

is an elderly person.

elderly

English

Adjective

(head)
  • old; having lived for relatively many years

    • Related terms

    * elder * old

    Noun

    (elderlies)
  • an elderly person
  • (the elderly) older people as a whole

    • older

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (old), elder, senior
    • My older' brother and I are Catholic twins. He’s '''older''' by eleven months, not quite a year ' older than me.
  • elderly
    • The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street.
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