Elder vs. Younger
Elderadjective
Comparative of old: older, greater than another in age or seniority.
Eldernoun
An older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community.
Eldernoun
One who is older than another.
Eldernoun
One who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
Eldernoun
An officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities.
Eldernoun
A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments.
Eldernoun
One ordained to the lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.
Eldernoun
Male missionary.
Eldernoun
Title for a male missionary; title for a general authority.
Eldernoun
A pagan or Heathen priest or priestess.
Eldernoun
A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries
Eldernoun
Any of the other species of the genus Sambucus: small trees, shrubs or herbaceous perennials with red, purple, or white/yellow berries (some of which are poisonous).
Elderverb
(Quakerism) To admonish or reprove for improper conduct by the elders of the meeting.
Elderadjective
Older; more aged, or existing longer.
Elderadjective
Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; - opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc.
Eldernoun
One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.
Eldernoun
An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
Eldernoun
A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church.
Eldernoun
A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder.
Eldernoun
A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.
Eldernoun
a person who is older than you are
Eldernoun
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
Eldernoun
any of various church officers
Elderadjective
used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son;
Elderadjective
older brother or sister;
Elderadjective
(of one or more out of a group of associated people) of a greater age
Elderadjective
used to distinguish between related famous people with the same name
Eldernoun
people who are older than one
Eldernoun
a person who is older than one by a specified length of time
Eldernoun
a leader or senior figure in a tribe or other group
Eldernoun
an official in the early Christian Church, or of various Protestant Churches and sects
Eldernoun
a member of a senate or governing body.
Eldernoun
a small tree or shrub with pithy stems, white flowers, and bluish-black or red berries.
Eldernoun
used in names of plants that resemble the elder in leaf or flower, e.g. ground elder.
Youngernoun
(rare) One who is younger than another.
Youngeradjective
younger brother or sister;
Youngeradjective
used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father;
