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Methuselah vs patriarch

patriarch vs Methuselah

Methuselah and patriarch both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Methuselah Yes No No No
patriarch Yes No No No
As nouns, patriarch is a hyponym of Methuselah; that is, patriarch is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Methuselah:
  • Methuselah: a man who is very old
  • patriarch: a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
Other hyponyms of Methuselah include codger, old codger, antique, gaffer, old-timer, old geezer, oldtimer.
Methuselah (noun) patriarch (noun)
(Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years the male head of family or tribe
a man who is very old any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
Difference between Methuselah and patriarch

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