elder vs worker

worker vs elder

elder and worker both are nouns.

elder is an adjective but worker is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
elder	Yes	Yes	No	No
worker	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, worker is a hypernym of elder; that is, worker is a word with a broader meaning than elder:

elder: a person who is older than you are
worker: a person who acts and gets things done

Other hypernyms of elder include actor, doer.

elder (noun)	worker (noun)
a person who is older than you are	sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae
any of various church officers	a person who works at a specific occupation
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit	a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
	a person who acts and gets things done

elder (adjective)	worker (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 worker

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