Aged vs. Young — What's the Difference?

Having lived for a specified length of time; of a specified age

Having lived or existed for only a short time

Having lived or existed for a long time; very old

Used to denote the younger of two people of the same name

Having been subjected to ageing

Offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth

Being of advanced age; old.

Being in an early period of life, development, or growth.

Characteristic of old age.

Newly begun or formed; not advanced

(ājd) Having reached the age of

Relating to, typical of, or suggestive of youth or early life

(ājd) Brought to a desired ripeness or maturity

Lacking experience; immature

(Geology) Approaching the base level of erosion.

Being the junior of two people having the same name.

Elderly people considered as a group. Used with the.

(Geology) Being of an early stage in a geologic cycle. Used of bodies of water and land formations.

Old.

Young persons considered as a group; youth

Having the age of.

Offspring; brood

Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.

In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.

Old people, collectively.

At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.

Simple past tense and past participle of age

(Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.

Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that species of being; as, an aged man; an aged oak.

Junior (of two related people with the same name).

Belonging to old age.

(of a decade of life) Early.

Having a certain age; at the age of; having lived; as, a man aged forty years.

Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.

People who are old;

Of or belonging to the early part of life.

Advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables);

(obsolete) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

At an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable);

(often as if a plural noun) Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.

Having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable);

To become or seem to become younger.

Of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable);

To cause to appear younger.

(used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)

(geology) To exhibit younging.

Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; - said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn.

Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree.

Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.

Any immature animal

United States film and television actress (1913-2000)

United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)

British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)

United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)

English poet (1683-1765)

United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)

United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877)

Young people collectively;

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth;

(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity;