French vs Old French

Old French vs French

French and Old French both are nouns.

French is an adjective but Old French is not an adjective.

French is a verb but Old French is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
French	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Old French	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Old French is a hyponym of French; that is, Old French is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than French:

French: the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
Old French: the earliest form of the French language; 9th to 15th century

Other hyponyms of French include Langue d'oil, Langue d'oil French, Langue d'oc, Langue d'oc French, Old French language, Norman-French, Norman French, Old North French, Anglo-French, Anglo-French language, Anglo-Norman, Anglo-Norman language, Canadian French, Canadian French language, Walloon.

French (noun)	Old French (noun)
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France	the earliest form of the French language; 9th to 15th century
the people of France
United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931)

French (adjective)	Old French (adjective)
of or pertaining to France or the people of France

French (verb)	Old French (verb)
cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking

Difference between French and Old French

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.