Old, ancient, venerable, antique, antiquated, archaic, obsolete mean having come into existence or use in the more or less distant past Definition of old adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Old may apply to either actual or merely relative length of existence.
099 Persuasion w/ Lee Hartley Carter
With gael garcía bernal, vicky krieps, rufus sewell, alex wolff
A vacationing family discovers that the secluded beach where they're relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly, reducing their entire lives into a single day.
I think this cheese is old, judging by the smell of it. You use old to refer to something that is no longer used, that no longer exists, or that has been replaced by something else The old road had disappeared under grass and heather. Old is the most general term
Ancient pertains to the distant past There are eight meanings listed in oed's entry for the noun old, two of which are labelled obsolete See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. That was the time when the railway called the iron horse roared its way throughout our country, and changed everything forever.
Having lived for many years not young
Used to talk about or ask about a person's age
