Aging vs Senescence - What's the difference?
aging | senescence |
(en noun) (US)
The process of becoming older or more mature.
Allowing something to become older.
The deliberate act of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is.
(gerontology) Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time
(euphemistic) Elderly person. Only as a collective plural in "the aging"
Becoming elderly.
(biology) The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age.
(cell biology) Ceasing to divide by mitosis because of shortening of telomeres or excessive DNA damage.
(gerontology) Old age; accumulated damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.
(botany) Fruit senescence, leading to ripening of fruit.
In gerontology terms the difference between aging and senescence
is that aging is becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time while senescence is old age; accumulated damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.As nouns the difference between aging and senescence
is that aging is the process of becoming older or more mature while senescence is the state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age.As a verb aging
is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective aging
is becoming elderly.aging
English
(wikipedia aging)Alternative forms
* ageing (Commonwealth English)Verb
(head)Noun
- The owner asked the clerk to age some big bills that were due.
Adjective
(en adjective)- The aging artist could no longer steadily hold the brush.