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old vs archaic

archaic vs old

old is a noun but archaic is not a noun.

old and archaic both are adjectives.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
old Yes Yes No No
archaic No Yes No No
old (noun) archaic (noun)
past times
old (adjective) archaic (adjective)
of long duration; not new little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
skilled through long experience
(used for emphasis) very familiar
excellent
just preceding something else in time or order
belonging to some prior time
Difference between old and archaic

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