elderly vs young: What's the difference?

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Which is correct: elderly or young

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elderlynoun

people who are old collectively

elderlyadjective

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

youngadjective

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

youngnoun

United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)

youngnoun

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)

youngnoun

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)

youngadjective

suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh

youngnoun

United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)

youngnoun

United States film and television actress (1913-2000)

youngnoun

any immature animal

youngnoun

young people collectively

youngadjective

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

youngadjective

not tried or tested by experience

youngnoun

English poet (1683-1765)

youngnoun

United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)

youngadjective

being in its early stage

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