different between senile vs superannuation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French senile, from Latin sen?lis (“of or pertaining to old age”), from senex (“old man”), from Gaulish and Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?si?na?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sina?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

senile (comparative more senile, superlative most senile)

1. Of, or relating to old age.
2. (often offensive) Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.

Antonyms

• juvenile

Derived terms

Related terms

• senate
• senator
• senescence
• senility
• senior
• seniority

Translations

Noun

senile (plural seniles)

1. (dated, medicine) A person who is senile.

Further reading

• senile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• senile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Inslee, enisle, ensile, lienes, silene

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

senile

1. inflection of senil:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sen?lis.

Adjective

senile (plural senili)

1. senile

Related terms

• senilità

Anagrams

• lesine

Latin

Adjective

sen?le

1. nominative neuter singular of sen?lis
2. accusative neuter singular of sen?lis
3. vocative neuter singular of sen?lis

Old French

Etymology

From Latin sen?lis

Adjective

senile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular senile)

1. relating to old age

Declension

Descendants

• ? English: senile
• French: sénile

English

Etymology

superannuate +? -ion, from superannuated

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?s(j)??p???ænj???æ??n?/

Noun

superannuation (usually uncountable, plural superannuations)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A retirement benefit fund, an accumulation of regular deductions from one?s wage or salary while employed and similar regular contributions from the employer, usually administered by an independent entity; a pension.
   • 1823, Edmund Burke (editor), Annual Register: 1822, Volume 64, page 137,

     One of the principal objections to it was, that the period of service, after which superannuations were granted, was too limited, […] .

   • 1840, John Henry Barrow (editor), The Mirror of Parliament, Volume 4, page 2867,

     I think it would be harsh to deprive them of their superannuations without a knowledge of the circumstances under which they are proposed.

   • 1991, John Godwin, Michael Costa, Julie Hamblin, Mark Duffy, David Patterson, Australian HIV/AIDS Legal Guide, page 465,

     A person must not discriminate by failing to supply superannuation or insurance, or in the terms on which, or in the way in which superannuation or insurance is supplied.

   • 2010, Stephen J Marsden, Australian Master Bookkeepers Guide [2009/10], 3rd Edition, page 578,

     If an entity employs temporary residents who are eligible for the superannuation guarantee, then the entity is required to make superannuation contributions for them.

2. (uncountable) The condition or of being superannuated; old age or obsolescence.

Synonyms

• (retirement fund): pension, super (colloquial)
• (act of being superannuated): retirement

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