Age and While

Age

Age noun - An extent of time associated with a particular person or thing.
Usage example: the Bronze Age marks the beginning of the use of metal by ancient peoples

While and age are semantically related. In some cases you can use "While" instead a noun "Age".

Nearby Words: aged, ageing, ageless, ageism

While

While noun - An indefinite but usually short period of time.
Usage example: we stayed at the fair for a while longer

Age and while are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Age" instead a noun "While".

How words are described

human human age human while
old old age old while
long long age long while
similar similar age similar while
Other adjectives: normal, real, big, great, dark, new, past, next, maximum.

Common collocations

time age time while time
bit age bit while bit
hours age hours while hours
lives age lives while lives
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