Senior vs Older - What's the difference?
senior | older |
Older; superior
Higher in rank, dignity, or office.
(US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
(obsolete, Biblical) An elder or presbyter in the early Church.
* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts IV:
Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
(US) A final-year student at a high school or university.
(old), elder, senior
elderly
As adjectives the difference between senior and older
is that senior is older; superior while older is comparative of old, elder, senior.As a noun senior
is someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.senior
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Alternative forms
* seniour (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- senior citizen
- senior''' member; '''senior counsel
Antonyms
* juniorNoun
(en noun)- Then Peter full of the holy goost sayd unto them. Ye ruelars of the people, and seniours of israhel [...].
- He was four years her senior .
Antonyms
* juniorDerived terms
* senior schoolExternal links
* *Anagrams
* ----older
English
Adjective
(head)- My older' brother and I are Catholic twins. He’s '''older''' by eleven months, not quite a year ' older than me.
- The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street.