Difference between Age-old and Antique

What is the difference between Age-old and Antique?

Age-old as an adjective is very old; having existed for a long time; ancient or well-established while Antique as an adjective is old, used especially of furniture and household items; out of date.

Age-old

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: very old; having existed for a long time; ancient or well-established

Antique

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An old piece of furniture, household item, or other similar item.An old person.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Old, used especially of furniture and household items; out of date.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To shop for antiques; to search for antiques.To make an object appear to be an antique in some way.

Example sentence: One of my favorite places I've visited is Havana, Cuba. On my way home from Costa Rica, I did a week in Havana. The colors, the music, the beautiful men and the cars! I love vintage and antique cars and own a couple myself.

We hope you now know whether to use Age-old or Antique in your sentence.

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