older vs elder
elder vs olderolder is not a noun while elder is a noun.
older and elder both are adjectives.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| older | No | Yes | No | No |
| elder | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As adjectives,
older and elder
are synonyms defined as:
- older and elder: used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
Other synonyms of older include
sr..
| older (noun) | elder (noun) |
|---|---|
| a person who is older than you are | |
| any of various church officers | |
| any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit |
| older (adjective) | elder (adjective) |
|---|---|
| skilled through long experience | used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son |
| advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) | |
| used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son |
Words related to "elder"
- American elder
- American red elder
- European elder
- European red elder
- Sambucus
- Sambucus caerulea
- Sambucus canadensis
- Sambucus ebulus
- Sambucus nigra
- Sambucus pubens
- Sambucus racemosa
- actor
- black elder
- black elderberry
- blue elder
- blue elderberry
- bourtree
- bush
- church officer
- common elder
- danewort
- dean
- doer
- doyen
- doyenne
- dwarf elder
- elderberry
- elderberry bush
- eldership
- genus Sambucus
- older
- presbyter
- red-berried elder
- senior
- senpai
- shrub
- sr.
- stinking elder
- sweet elder
- worker
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