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age vs fossilize

fossilize vs age

age is a noun but fossilize is not a noun.

age and fossilize both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
age Yes No Yes No
fossilize No No Yes No
As verbs, fossilize is a hyponym of age; that is, fossilize is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than age:
  • age: grow old or older
  • fossilize: become mentally inflexible
Other hyponyms of age include turn, fossilise, dote.
age (noun) fossilize (noun)
how long something has existed
a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
a late time of life
an era of history having some distinctive feature
a prolonged period of time
age (verb) fossilize (verb)
grow old or older convert to a fossil
begin to seem older; get older become mentally inflexible
make older
Difference between age and fossilize

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