archaic

As adjectives the difference between authoritative and archaic

is that authoritative is arising or originating from a figure of authority while archaic is of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.

As a noun archaic is

(archaeology|us|usually capitalized) a general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘[http://enwikipediaorg/wiki/paleo-indian paleo-indian]’, ‘paleo-american’, ‘american‐paleolithic’, &c ) of human presence in the western hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘woodland’, etc).

As a verb antiquate

is to cause to become old or obsolete.

As a noun archaic is

a general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).

As an adjective archaic is

of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.

As nouns the difference between abstract and archaic

is that abstract is abstract while archaic is (archaeology|us|usually capitalized) a general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘[http://enwikipediaorg/wiki/paleo-indian paleo-indian]’, ‘paleo-american’, ‘american‐paleolithic’, &c ) of human presence in the western hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘woodland’, etc).

As an adjective archaic is

of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.

As a noun archaic

is (archaeology|us|usually capitalized) a general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘[http://enwikipediaorg/wiki/paleo-indian paleo-indian]’, ‘paleo-american’, ‘american‐paleolithic’, &c ) of human presence in the western hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘woodland’, etc).

As an adjective archaic

is of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.

As a contraction methinx is

(slang|nonstandard|or|humorous).

As adjectives the difference between archaic and archaistic

is that archaic is of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated while archaistic is pertaining to an archaist; deliberately archaic, old-fashioned in an affected way.

As a noun archaic

is a general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).

As nouns the difference between archaic and citole

is that archaic is (archaeology|us|usually capitalized) a general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘[http://enwikipediaorg/wiki/paleo-indian paleo-indian]’, ‘paleo-american’, ‘american‐paleolithic’, &c ) of human presence in the western hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘woodland’, etc) while citole is an archaic musical instrument whose exact form is uncertain, generally shown with four strings.

As an adjective archaic

is of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.

As adjectives the difference between archaic and nonarchaic

is that archaic is of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated while nonarchaic is not archaic.

As a noun archaic

is (archaeology|us|usually capitalized) a general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘[http://enwikipediaorg/wiki/paleo-indian paleo-indian]’, ‘paleo-american’, ‘american‐paleolithic’, &c ) of human presence in the western hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘woodland’, etc).