Difference between Aged and Ripe

What is the difference between Aged and Ripe?

Aged as an adjective is old. while Ripe as an adjective is ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.

Aged

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Old. Undergone the effects of time, improving as a result.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.

Part of speech: preposition

Definition: Having the age of.

Example sentence: Mum was an amazing parent and my best pal. The tragedy of it, really, was that she died from breast cancer just as I was becoming a man, aged 17, and we were just starting to speak as adults. She was snatched away, and it felt cruel. She made me laugh.

Ripe

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.Ready for action or effect; prepared.Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.Intoxicated.Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To ripen or mature

Example sentence: Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own.

We hope you now know whether to use Aged or Ripe in your sentence.

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