new vs ancient vs old
Definitions
adjective
- in use after medieval times
- used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
Examples
When the new foods that came from the Americas - peppers, summer squash and especially tomatoes - took hold in the region, a number of closely related dishes were born, including what we call ratatouille - and a man from La Mancha calls pisto, an Ikarian Greek calls soufiko and a Turk calls turlu.
That's as it should be, as the newspaper has a global audience but not global printing presses.
I badly wanted the job, but knew that my age would probably tell against me.
Definitions
adjective
- very old
- belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
noun
- a very old person
- a person who lived in ancient times
Examples
I lashed the clothes that I had been brought to wear at the hospital into the bag, a couple of ancient pairs of socks that felt suddenly found and familiar.
Two workboats, ancient battered things with rusting plates, shouldered into it from either side like a couple of drunks supporting a comatose companion.
Botanical species in this ancient ecosystem included sagebrush, bluegrass, sedges, and herbs.
