Older Apartment Buildings Will Soon Require New Thermal Window Inserts

OLDER definition: a comparative of old. See examples of older used in a sentence. Older, elder imply having greater age than something or someone else. Sasha Alex Sloan - Older (Lyric Video) Sasha Alex Sloan 1.85M subscribers Subscribe As such, older is not just a euphemism for the blunter old but rather a more precise term for someone between middle and advanced age. And unlike elderly, older does not particularly suggest frailness. Definition of 'older' older in American English (ˈoʊldər ) adjective 1. alt. compar. of old

Well, for those writers stuck picking between elder and older, have no fear. In this post, I will clear up any confusion between these words, their differences, and their uses. Usually to talk about 2 or more things, we use old or older – say the pot is older than you think it is – but when we want to compare the age of two persons, we have to use elder – for example, my father is. You can use the adjective older to describe elderly folks (like your older neighbors who don't drive at night any more) or a person who was born first: "Her older sister was much bossier than her younger.