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What is the difference between older and younger?

older | younger | Antonyms |

Younger is a antonym of older.



As adjectives the difference between older and younger

is that older is comparative of old, elder, senior while younger is comparative of young.

As a noun younger is

one who is younger than another.

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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    younger

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (young)
    • Our neighbor spent his younger years in England.
    Reading this book takes me back to my younger days.

    Antonyms

    * elder * older

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) One who is younger than another.
  • * 1882 , L. H. Apaque, A baker's dozen (page 102)
    • Hugh and Charlie also played fairly well, so perhaps it was not wonderful that James, who had always regarded cricket as a childish waste of time, felt rather at a loss, and did not care to display his inferiority to his youngers .

    Antonyms

    * elder