Adult and Older

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Adult

Adult adjective - Fully grown or developed.
Usage example: insects that are butterflies in their adult stage
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Older and adult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Older" instead an adjective "Adult".

Older

Older adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.
Usage example: an older woman was the chief librarian for the town
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Adult and older are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adult" instead an adjective "Older".

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  • Fun-Hating Confiscating Adult The Media Watchdogs tend to frown on shows involving children facing the types of more serious and deadly dangerous villains that turn up in media targeting an older or adult audience.
    Source: Fun-Hating Confiscating Adult
  • Anime / My Neighbor Totoro Adult Fear: Mei running away from home and getting lost in the climax is something any adult or older sibling can understand.
    Source: Anime / My Neighbor Totoro
  • Literature / Hullo Russia Goodbye England Teens Are Monsters: Most of the pilots in 409 Squadron are parents of older or adult children and are not spared the usual trials.
    Source: Literature / Hullo Russia Goodbye England
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