different between aged vs worn

English

Alternative forms

• agèd (poetic and disyllabic only)

Pronunciation

• (all senses) IPA^(key): /e?d?d/, enPR: ?jd
• (alternative for adjective or noun senses) IPA^(key): /?e?.d??d/, enPR: ??j?d

Adjective

aged (comparative more aged or further aged, superlative most aged or furthest aged)

1. Old.
2. (chiefly non-US) Having the age of.

   Aged 18, he had no idea what to do with his life.

   • 1865 October 6, “Court of Special Sessions”, in The New York Times:

     John Mathews, aged about 18, stood at the bar with his hands in his pockets, alike indifferent to a verdict of acquittal or guilty.

   • 2012 March 22, Amy Chozick, “As Young Lose Interest in Cars, G.M. Turns to MTV for Help”, in The New York Times:

     Forty-six percent of drivers aged 18 to 24 said they would choose Internet access over owning a car, according to the research firm Gartner.

3. Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.

Synonyms

• (old): eldern, hoary; see also Thesaurus:old
• (having the age of): -year-old
• (undergone effects of time): matured

Translations

Noun

aged pl (plural only)

1. Old people, collectively.

Translations

Verb

aged

1. simple past tense and past participle of age

Anagrams

• Gade, egad, gade

English

Etymology

By analogy to past participles like torn from tear and sworn from swear.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /w??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /w??n/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /wo(?)?n/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /wo?n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n
• Homophone: warn (accents with the horse-hoarse merger)

Adjective

worn (comparative more worn, superlative most worn)

1. damaged and shabby as a result of much use

Translations

Verb

worn

1. past participle of wear

Derived terms

• forworn
• outworn
• worn out

Anagrams

• Norw., rown

Middle English

Verb

worn

1. Alternative form of weren

Old English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /worn/, [wor?n]

Noun

worn m

1. great many, multitude
2. crowd, swarm, band, flock

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “worn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.