Vintage vs Modern - What's the difference?
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The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking.
The year or place in which something is produced.
(attributively) Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.
(attributively) Having an enduring appeal; high-quality, classic (such as video or computer games from the 1980s and early 1990s, or old magazines, etc.).
(attributively) Of a motor car, built between the years 1919 and (usually) 1930 (or sometimes 1919 to 1925 in the USA) .
Of a watch, produced between the years 1870 and 1980.
To harvest (grapes).
To make (wine) from grapes.
Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
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*:But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ΒΆ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window.
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, title= (lb) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.
Someone who lives in modern times.
* 1779 , Edward Capell, ?John Collins, Notes and various readings to Shakespeare
* 1956 , John Albert Wilson, The Culture of Ancient Egypt (page 144)
As nouns the difference between vintage and modern
is that vintage is the yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season while modern is someone who lives in modern times.As adjectives the difference between vintage and modern
is that vintage is of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage while modern is pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.As a verb vintage
is to harvest (grapes).vintage
English
(wikipedia vintage)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* make vintageAdjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* non-vintage, nonvintage * post-vintage thoroughbred * rack vintage * unvintaged * vintage audio * vintage base ball * vintage car * vintage chocolate * vintage clothing * vintage dance * vintage guitar * vintage jewellery, vintage jewelry * vintage model * vintager * vintage snowmobiling * vintage spring * vintage time * vintage wine * vintage yearVerb
(vintag)Derived terms
* vintagingSee also
* classic * veteranExternal links
* * ----modern
English
Adjective
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Synonyms
* contemporaryAntonyms
* dated * old * pre-modern * ancientDerived terms
* modern-day * modernise, modernize verb * modernity noun * postmodern (''see also prepostmodern, postpostmodern) * premodern * early modernNoun
(en noun)- What the moderns could mean by their suppression of the final couplet's repeatings, cannot be conceiv'd
- Even though we moderns can never crawl inside the skin of the ancient and think and feel as he did we must as historians make the attempt.
