Olden vs Golden - What's the difference?
olden | golden |
From or relating to a previous era.
* Cole Porter, Anything Goes
Old; ancient.
* 1857 , Martha Griffith Browne, Autobiography of a Female Slave (page 347)
Made of, or relating to, gold.
Having a colour or other richness suggestive of gold.
Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.
Advantageous or very favourable.
Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
To become golden (in colour).
To make golden or like gold.
* 1994 , Marion H. Hedges, Iron City :
As an adjective olden
is from or relating to a previous era.As a verb olden
is to grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age.As a proper noun golden is
.olden
English
Etymology 1
From .Adjective
(-)- In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking. Now heaven knows, anything goes.
- We told over the story of past sufferings, and renewed olden vows of devotion.
Etymology 2
From .Anagrams
* ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==golden
English
Alternative forms
* goulden (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- She wore a golden crown.
- Under a golden sun.
- The Renaissance was a golden era.
- the Golden Horseshoe
- This is a golden opportunity
- It's not long until our golden wedding.
Derived terms
* golden age * golden-ager * golden Alexanders * golden anniversary * golden aster * golden balls * golden boot * golden boy * golden brown * golden calf * golden chain * golden club * golden contact * Golden Delicious * golden eagle * goldeneye * Golden Fleece * Golden Gate Bridge * golden girl * golden glow * golden goose * golden hamster * golden handcuffs * golden handshake * golden hello * Golden Horde * Golden Horn * Golden Horseshoe * golden jubilee * golden lion tamarin * golden mean * golden nematode * golden number * golden oldie * golden opinions * golden opportunity * golden oriole * golden parachute * golden perch * golden pheasant * golden plover * golden rectangle * golden retriever * golden rice * golden robin * goldenrod * golden rule * goldenseal * golden section * golden share * golden shiner * golden shower * golden staph * Golden State * golden syrup * golden ticket * golden triangle * golden wattle * golden wedding, golden wedding anniversary * golden years * silence is goldenVerb
(en verb)- It goldened', as nothing else ' goldened , the commonplace countryside.