Aged vs. Old

Difference Between Aged and Old
Agedadjective
Old.
Oldadjective
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
an old abandoned building;an old friendAgedadjective
Having the age of.
Aged 18, he had no idea what to do with his life.Oldadjective
Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
a wrinkled old manAgedadjective
Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.
Oldadjective
Of a perishable item, having existed for most, or more than its shelf life.
an old loaf of breadAgednoun
Old people, collectively.
Oldadjective
Of an item that has been used and so is not new unused.
I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.Agedverb
simple past tense and past participle of age
Oldadjective
Having existed or lived for the specified time.
How old are they? She’s five years old and he's seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child.My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old.Agednoun
people who are old;
special arrangements were available for the agedOldadjective
(heading) Of an earlier time.
Agedadjective
advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables);
aged members of the societyelderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscrapersenior citizenOldadjective
Former, previous.
My new car is not as good as my old one.a school reunion for Old EtoniansAgedadjective
at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable);
aged rocksOldadjective
That is no longer in existence.
The footpath follows the route of an old railway line.Agedadjective
having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable);
aged tenten years of ageOldadjective
Obsolete; out-of-date.
That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way.Agedadjective
of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable);
mature well-aged cheesesOldadjective
Familiar.
When he got drunk and quarrelsome they just gave him the old heave-ho.Agedadjective
(used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
Oldadjective
Tiresome.
Your constant pestering is getting old.Oldadjective
Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
Oldadjective
A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
We're having a good old time.My next car will be a big old SUV.My wife makes the best little old apple pie in Texas.Oldadjective
(obsolete) Excessive, abundant.
Oldnoun
(with "the") People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
A civilised society should always look after the old in the community.Oldnoun
past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
Oldadjective
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; especially not young; often used as a combining form to indicate an age as specified as in `a week-old baby';
an old man's eagle mindhis mother is very olda ripe old agehow old are you?Oldadjective
of long duration; not new;
old traditionold houseold wineold countryold friendshipsold moneyOldadjective
of an earlier time;
his old classmatesOldadjective
(used for emphasis) very familiar;
good old boysame old storyOldadjective
lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new;
moth-eaten theories about raceOldadjective
just preceding something else in time or order;
the previous ownermy old house was largerOldadjective
of a very early stage in development;
Old English is also called Anglo SaxonOld High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th centuryOldadjective
old in experience;
an old offenderthe older soldiersOldadjective
used informally especially for emphasis;
a real honest-to-god live cowboyhad us a high old timewent upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel