Ancient vs. Contemporary

Ancient vs. Contemporary — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Ancient and Contemporary

Ancientadjective

Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.

an ancient cityan ancient forest

Contemporaryadjective

From the same time period, coexistent in time.

Ancientadjective

Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.

an ancient authoran ancient empire

Contemporaryadjective

Modern, of the present age.

Ancientadjective

(history) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.

Contemporarynoun

Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.

Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare.The early mammals inherited the earth by surviving their saurian contemporaries.
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Ancientadjective

(obsolete) Experienced; versed.

Contemporarynoun

Something existing at the same time.

Ancientadjective

(obsolete) Former; sometime.

Contemporarynoun

(dated) A rival newspaper or magazine.

Ancientnoun

A person who is very old.

Contemporarynoun

a person of nearly the same age as another

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Ancientnoun

A person who lived in ancient times.

Contemporaryadjective

characteristic of the present;

contemporary trends in designthe role of computers in modern-day medicine

Ancientnoun

A flag, banner, standard or ensign.

Contemporaryadjective

belonging to the present time;

contemporary leaders

Ancientnoun

One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.

Contemporaryadjective

occurring in the same period of time;

a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflationthe composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart

Ancientnoun

(obsolete) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.

Ancientadjective

belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire;

ancient historyancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumeriansancient Greece

Ancientadjective

very old;

an ancient mariner