Elderly vs. Young

old; having lived for relatively many years

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

an elderly person

older people as a whole

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

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

Example: ‘aged members of the society’; ‘elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper’; ‘senior citizen’;

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

Example: ‘a lamb is a young sheep;’; ‘these picture books are for young readers’;

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

Example: ‘the age of space travel is still young;’; ‘a young business’;

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

Example: ‘How young is your dog?’; ‘Her grandmother turned 70 years young last month.’;

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.

Example: ‘My grandmother is a very active woman and is quite young for her age.’;

Of or belonging to the early part of life.

Example: ‘The cynical world soon shattered my young dreams.’;

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

People who are young; young people, collectively; youth.

Example: ‘The young of today are well-educated.’;

Young or immature offspring (especially of an animal).

Example: ‘The lion caught a gnu to feed its young.’; ‘The lion's young are curious.’;

An individual offspring; a single recently born or hatched organism.

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.

Example: ‘For he so young and tender was of age.’; ‘"Whom the gods love, die young," has been too long carelessly said; . . . whom the gods love, live young forever.’;

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

Example: ‘While the fears of the people were young.’;

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

Example: ‘Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this.’;

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

Example: ‘[The egg] bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosedTheir callow young.’;

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;

Example: ‘rock music appeals to the young’; ‘youth everywhere rises in revolt’;

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

Example: ‘young people’;

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

Example: ‘new potatoes’; ‘young corn’;

having lived or existed for only a short time

Example: ‘a young girl’; ‘young tender mint leaves’; ‘the young are amazingly resilient’;

not as old as the norm or as would be expected

Example: ‘more people were dying young’;

relating to or consisting of young people

Example: ‘young love’; ‘the local Young Farmers' club’;

immature or inexperienced

Example: ‘she's very young for her age’;

having the qualities associated with young people, such as enthusiasm and optimism

Example: ‘all those who are young at heart’;

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

Example: ‘Pitt the Younger’;

denoting the heir of a landed commoner

Example: ‘Hugh Magnus Macleod, younger of Macleod’;

offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth

Example: ‘many grebes carry their young on their backs’;