Original vs Eldest - What's the difference?
original | eldest | Related terms |
(label) Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
*{{quote-book, year=1944, author=(w)
, title= (label) First in a series or copies/versions.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1 (label) Newly created.
(label) Fresh, different.
(label) Pioneering.
(label) Having as its origin.
An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived
A person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent
(archaic) An eccentric
(old); greatest in age or seniority.
(card games) Receiving cards from the dealer first, before any other players.
As adjectives the difference between original and eldest
is that original is relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others while eldest is superlative of old; greatest in age or seniority.As a noun original
is an object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.original
English
Adjective
(en adjective)The Three Corpse Trick, chapter=5 , passage=The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.}}
citation, passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, […].}}
Synonyms
* (first in series ) initial * autograph * prototypeAntonyms
* copy * derivative * reproduction * simileDerived terms
* originally * original sinNoun
(en noun)- This manuscript is the original
- You’re an original
Synonyms
* autograph * prototypeAntonyms
* copy * remake * reproductionStatistics
*External links
* * ----eldest
English
Adjective
(head)- eldest son