Mature vs. Old

Mature (adjective)

Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.

“She is quite mature for her age.”

Mature (adjective)

Brought to a state of complete readiness.

“a mature plan”

Mature (adjective)

Profound; careful.

“The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.”

Mature (adjective)

Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.

Mature (verb)

To become mature; to ripen.

Mature (verb)

To gain experience or wisdom with age.

Mature (verb)

To make something mature.

Mature (verb)

To reach the date when payment is due

Old (adjective)

Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

“an old abandoned building;”

“an old friend”

Old (adjective)

Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.

“a wrinkled old man”

Old (adjective)

Of an item that has been used and so is not new unused.

“I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.”

Old (adjective)

Having existed or lived for the specified time.

“How old are they? She’s five years old and he’s seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child.”

“My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old.”

Old (adjective)

Of an earlier time.

Old (adjective)

Of a perishable item, having existed for most, or more than its shelf life.

“an old loaf of bread”

Old (adjective)

Former, previous.

“My new car is not as good as my old one.”

“a school reunion for Old Etonians”

Old (adjective)

That is no longer in existence.

“The footpath follows the route of an old railway line.”

Old (adjective)

Obsolete; out-of-date.

“That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way.”

Old (adjective)

Tiresome.

“Your constant pestering is getting old.”

Old (adjective)

Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.

Old (adjective)

A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)

“We’re having a good old time.”

“My next car will be a big old SUV.”

“My wife makes the best little old apple pie in Texas.”

Old (adjective)

Excessive, abundant.

Old (noun)

People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.

“A civilised society should always look after the old in the community.”