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9 Aug 2017
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What is the difference between 老人 and 老いた人 and 高齢者 and 年寄り（の人？） ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between 老人 and 老いた人 and 高齢者 and 年寄り（の人？） ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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We don't use 老いた人 in daily conversation.
老人 is generally found in novels but is not popular in verbal communication, except for 老人ホーム.
高齢者 is commonly used in official documents or news.
年寄り is not a polite word.
Instead of it, お年寄り is the most popular and polite.
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