Elderly vs. Young — What's the Difference?

Being past middle age and approaching old age; rather old.

Having lived or existed for only a short time

Of, relating to, or characteristic of older persons or life in later years.

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

Pl. eld·er·lies An elderly person.

Offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth

Pl. elderly (used with a pl. verb) Older people considered as a group. Often used with the

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

Old; having lived for relatively many years.

Newly begun or formed; not advanced

Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging.

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

An elderly person.

Lacking experience; immature

Older people as a whole.

Being the junior of two people having the same name.

Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people.

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

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

Young persons considered as a group; youth

Offspring; brood

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

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

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

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

(of a decade of life) Early.

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

Of or belonging to the early part of life.

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

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

To become or seem to become younger.

To cause to appear younger.

(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;