young vs old
Definitions
adjective
- being in its early stage
- (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
- suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
- not tried or tested by experience
- (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
noun
- young people collectively
- any immature animal
Examples
You would be hard pressed to find a young captain or major who hadn't flown combat sorties in the area of operations.
In her house apron and with her hair a little ruffled she looked younger, startled and then angry.
A great deal of the nudge-nudge wink-wink routine by the young upwardly mobile male executives was the usual response to her presence.
Definitions
adjective
- of a very early stage in 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.
My aunt is very old-fashioned.
She was all cold and bedraggled after falling into the river.
