old man vs father

father vs old man

old man and father both are nouns.

old man is not a verb while father is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
old man	Yes	No	No	No
father	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, father is a hypernym of old man; that is, father is a word with a broader meaning than old man:

old man: an informal term for your father
father: a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

Other hypernyms of old man include dysphemism, begetter, male parent.

old man (noun)	father (noun)
an informal term for your father	a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
a man who is very old	the founder of a family
a familiar term of address for a man	a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
(slang) boss	a person who founds or establishes some institution
aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe	the head of an organized crime family

old man (verb)	father (verb)
	make (offspring) by reproduction

Difference between old man and father

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