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age vs antiquity

antiquity vs age

age and antiquity both are nouns.

age is a verb but antiquity is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
age Yes No Yes No
antiquity Yes No No No
As nouns, antiquity is a hyponym of age; that is, antiquity is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than age:
  • age: an era of history having some distinctive feature
  • antiquity: the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
Other hyponyms of age include golden age, Jazz Age, reign, turn of the century, literary period.
age (noun) antiquity (noun)
how long something has existed an artifact surviving from the past
a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises extreme oldness
a late time of life the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
an era of history having some distinctive feature
a prolonged period of time
age (verb) antiquity (verb)
grow old or older
begin to seem older; get older
make older
Difference between age and antiquity

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