Old-fashioned vs Disused - What's the difference?

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Old-fashioned is a related term of disused.

As adjectives the difference between old-fashioned and disused

is that old-fashioned is of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue while disused is no longer in use.

As a noun old-fashioned

is a whiskey-based cocktail.

old-fashioned

English

Alternative forms

* old fashioned

Adjective

Of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue.

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Of a person, preferring the customs of earlier times.

Usage notes

* Said of all kinds of things including words, houses, places, chimneys, character traits, cookware, education, music, or style.

Noun

(wikipedia old-fashioned) (en noun)

A whiskey-based cocktail.

* 1996 , Paul F. Boller, Presidential Anecdotes (page 286)

At the end of the workday, the Trumans liked to have a cocktail before dinner. Shortly after they moved into the White House, Mrs. Truman rang for the butler, Alonzo Fields, one afternoon and ordered two old-fashioneds .