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octogenarian vs old person

old person vs octogenarian

octogenarian and old person both are nouns.

octogenarian is an adjective but old person is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
octogenarian Yes Yes No No
old person Yes No No No
As nouns, old person is a hypernym of octogenarian; that is, old person is a word with a broader meaning than octogenarian:
  • octogenarian: someone whose age is in the eighties
  • old person: an elderly person
Other hypernyms of octogenarian include golden ager, oldster, senior citizen.
octogenarian (noun) old person (noun)
someone whose age is in the eighties an elderly person
octogenarian (adjective) old person (adjective)
being from 80 to 89 years old
Difference between octogenarian and old person

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