Worn vs Venerable - What's the difference?
worn | venerable | Related terms |
Commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position.
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Ancient, antiquated or archaic.
Made sacred especially by religious or historical association.
Giving an impression of aged goodness and benevolence.
Worn is a related term of venerable.
As adjectives the difference between worn and venerable
is that worn is damaged and shabby as a result of much use while venerable is used as a form of address for an archdeacon in the anglican church.As a verb worn
is .venerable
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Adjective
(en adjective)The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.}}