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What is the difference between elderly and old ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between elderly and old ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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The word elderly only applies to people, but the word old can apply to anything.
The elderly man eats soup.
The old man eats soup.
In these sentences elderly and old mean the same thing, but elderly is more polite.
As I mentioned, you can use old to talk about anything.
His old shoes were dirty.
The old tires were worn.
The old computer is too big.
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