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Elders vs Elderly - What's the difference?

elders | elderly |

As nouns the difference between elders and elderly

is that elders is while elderly is an elderly person.

As an adjective elderly is

old; having lived for relatively many years.

elders

English

Noun

(head)
    • ----

    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