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

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Old-fashioned is a related term of venerable.


As adjectives the difference between old-fashioned and venerable

is that old-fashioned is of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue while venerable is used as a form of address for an archdeacon in the anglican church.

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  • Of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue.
  • * , chapter=1
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned,
  • 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 .

    venerable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The attack of the MOOCs , passage=Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, 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.}}
  • Worthy of reverence.
  • Ancient, antiquated or archaic.
  • Made sacred especially by religious or historical association.
  • Giving an impression of aged goodness and benevolence.