Ancient vs. Old
Difference Between Ancient and Old
Ancientadjective
Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
an ancient cityan ancient forestOldadjective
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
an old abandoned building;an old friendAncientadjective
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 empireOldadjective
Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
a wrinkled old manAncientadjective
(history) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
Oldadjective
Of a perishable item, having existed for most, or more than its shelf life.
an old loaf of breadAncientadjective
(obsolete) Experienced; versed.
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.Ancientadjective
(obsolete) Former; sometime.
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.Ancientnoun
A person who is very old.
Oldadjective
(heading) Of an earlier time.
Ancientnoun
A person who lived in ancient times.
Oldadjective
Former, previous.
My new car is not as good as my old one.a school reunion for Old EtoniansAncientnoun
A flag, banner, standard or ensign.
Oldadjective
That is no longer in existence.
The footpath follows the route of an old railway line.Ancientnoun
One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
Oldadjective
Obsolete; out-of-date.
That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way.Ancientnoun
(obsolete) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
Oldadjective
Familiar.
When he got drunk and quarrelsome they just gave him the old heave-ho.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 GreeceOldadjective
Tiresome.
Your constant pestering is getting old.Ancientadjective
very old;
an ancient marinerOldadjective
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
