OLD vs ANCIENT: What's the difference?

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Which is correct: old or ancient

How to spell old?

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oldadjective

skilled through long experience

oldadjective

belonging to some prior time

oldadjective

just preceding something else in time or order

oldadjective

very good

oldadjective

of a very early stage in development

oldadjective

of long duration; not new

oldnoun

past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')

oldadjective

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

oldadjective

(used for emphasis) very familiar

ancientnoun

a very old person

ancientnoun

a person who lived in ancient times

ancientadjective

belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire

ancientadjective

very old

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