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elder vs doyen

doyen vs elder

elder and doyen both are nouns.

elder is an adjective but doyen is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
elder Yes Yes No No
doyen Yes No No No
As nouns, doyen is a hyponym of elder; that is, doyen is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than elder:
  • elder: a person who is older than you are
  • doyen: a man who is the senior member of a group
Other hyponyms of elder include dean, doyenne, senpai.
elder (noun) doyen (noun)
a person who is older than you are a man who is the senior member of a group
any of various church officers
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
elder (adjective) doyen (adjective)
used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
Difference between elder and doyen

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