Spoilt vs Senile - What's the difference?
spoilt | senile |
(UK) Having lost its original value
Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering
(spoil)
Of, or relating to old age.
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, title= (often, offensive) Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.
As adjectives the difference between spoilt and senile
is that spoilt is (uk) having lost its original value while senile is senile.As a verb spoilt
is (spoil).spoilt
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Alternative forms
* spoiledAdjective
(en-adj) (UK spelling)Usage notes
* Much less common than (spoiled) in US. * About as common as "spoiled" in UK.Antonyms
* (food ): eatable, edible, fresh, good, unspoilt * (person ): unspoiltVerb
(head)Anagrams
*senile
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Adjective
(en adjective)Charles T. Ambrose
Alzheimer’s Disease, volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.}}