Obsolete vs Superannuate - What's the difference?
obsolete | superannuate |
No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject).
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(US)
to retire or put out of use due to age
to show to be obsolete due to age
to retire due to age
to become obsolete or antiquated
To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.
As verbs the difference between obsolete and superannuate
is that obsolete is (us)[http://oxforddictionariescom/definition/obsolete oxford dictionary] to cause to become obsolete while superannuate is to retire or put out of use due to age.As a adjective obsolete
is no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject).obsolete
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Adjective
(en adjective)The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete .}}
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "obsolete" is often applied: word, phrase, equipment, computer, technology, weapon, machine, law, statute, currency, building, idea, skill, concept, custom, theory, tradition, institution.Synonyms
* (no longer in use) ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, disused, neglected, old, old-fashioned, out of date * abortive, obscure, rudimentalDerived terms
* obsoletenessVerb
(obsolet)Oxford DictionaryTo cause to become obsolete.
- This software component has been obsoleted .
- We are in the process of obsoleting this product.
Usage notes
* (term) is often used in computing and other technical fields to indicate an effort to remove or replace something. * CompareReferences
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Verb
(superannuat)- (Sir Thomas Browne)
