Foundling vs Antique - What's the difference?
foundling | antique |
An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place.
* 1749', (Henry Fielding), '' .
* 1776 , (Adam Smith), ,
* 1794 , (Thomas Paine), (Part I) ,
Old, used especially of furniture and household items; out of date.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=1 (label) To shop for antiques; to search for antiques.
(label) To make an object appear to be an antique in some way.
As nouns the difference between foundling and antique
is that foundling is an abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place while antique is an old piece of furniture, household item, or other similar item.As an adjective antique is
old, used especially of furniture and household items; out of date.As a verb antique is
(label) to shop for antiques; to search for antiques.foundling
English
Noun
- In foundling hospitals, and among the children brought up by parish charities, the mortality is still greater than among those of the common people.
- Moses was a foundling ; Jesus Christ was born in a stable; and Mahomet was a mule driver.
Derived terms
* foundling wheelSee also
* oblateAnagrams
*antique
English
Adjective
(er)citation, passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}
