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Older vs Debonair - What's the difference?

older | debonair |

As adjectives the difference between older and debonair

is that older is (old), elder, senior while debonair is (obsolete) gracious, courteous.

older

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (old), elder, senior
    • My older' brother and I are Catholic twins. He’s '''older''' by eleven months, not quite a year ' older than me.
  • elderly
    • The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street.
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    debonair

    English

    Alternative forms

    * debonaire

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Gracious, courteous.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.vi:
    • Let be that Ladie debonaire , / Thou recreant knight, and soone thy selfe prepaire / To battell [...].
  • Suave, urbane and sophisticated.
  • (especially of men) Charming, confident and carefully dressed.

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