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Senior vs Seniorhood - What's the difference?

senior | seniorhood |

As nouns the difference between senior and seniorhood

is that senior is while seniorhood is the state or period of being a senior; old age.

As an adjective senior

is .

senior

English

Alternative forms

* seniour (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Older; superior
    • senior citizen
  • Higher in rank, dignity, or office.
    • senior''' member; '''senior counsel
  • (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.

    • Antonyms

    * junior

    Related terms

    * senile * senate * sir

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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:
    • Then Peter full of the holy goost sayd unto them. Ye ruelars of the people, and seniours of israhel [...].
  • Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
    • He was four years her senior .
  • (US) A final-year student at a high school or university.

    • Antonyms

    * junior

    Derived terms

    * senior school

    Related terms

    * seniority

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    seniorhood

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or period of being a senior; old age.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 28, author=Janet Morrissey, title=If Its Retail, Is It Still Rock?, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Like other rockers easing into middle age or seniorhood , Mr. McKagan is also experimenting with new partnerships in response to a music business in flux. }}