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Senility vs Ageing - What's the difference?

senility | ageing |

As nouns the difference between senility and ageing

is that senility is (uncountable) senescence; the bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age while ageing is (australia|new zealand|british) the process of becoming older or more mature.

As a verb ageing is

(australia|new zealand|british).

As an adjective ageing is

(australia|new zealand|british) becoming elderly.

senility

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Senescence; the bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age.
  • (uncountable) The losing of memory and reason due to senescence.
    • He was entering his years of senility and not liking it a bit.
  • (countable, archaic) An elderly, senile person.

    • Related terms

    * senile

    ageing

    English

    (aging)

    Alternative forms

    * aging (US)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (Australia, New Zealand, British)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, New Zealand, British) The process of becoming older or more mature.
  • (Australia, New Zealand, British) The deliberate act of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is.
  • (Australia, New Zealand, British, gerontology) Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (Australia, New Zealand, British) Becoming elderly.
    • The ageing artist could no longer steadily hold the brush.