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antediluvian vs senior citizen

senior citizen vs antediluvian

antediluvian and senior citizen both are nouns.

antediluvian is an adjective but senior citizen is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
antediluvian Yes Yes No No
senior citizen Yes No No No
As nouns, senior citizen is a hypernym of antediluvian; that is, senior citizen is a word with a broader meaning than antediluvian:
  • antediluvian: a very old person
  • senior citizen: an elderly person
Other hypernyms of antediluvian include golden ager, old person, oldster.
antediluvian (noun) senior citizen (noun)
a very old person an elderly person
any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
antediluvian (adjective) senior citizen (adjective)
of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
Difference between antediluvian and senior citizen

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