minority vs eld

minority and eld both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
minority	Yes	No	No	No
eld	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, eld is a hypernym of minority; that is, eld is a word with a broader meaning than minority:

minority: any age prior to the legal age
eld: a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises

Other hypernyms of minority include legal status, age.

minority (noun)	eld (noun)
being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts	a late time of life
a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part	a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
any age prior to the legal age