Current
Current adjective - Being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles.
Usage example: current therapies for treating cancer have success rates that were undreamed of only a few decades ago
Old
Old adjective - Dating or surviving from the distant past.
Usage example: an extremely old piece of jewelry was discovered in the Egyptian ruins
Both words in one sentence
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His mother speaks both old and current English, since she's been re-imagined as a sexy sorceress.
Source: Black Speech -
Under his leadership, the rest of his Templars definitely qualify too, and the tradition probably goes back aways if the current and old abbey's dungeons are any indicator.
Source: Video Game / Dragon Quest VIII - Referencing poets, books, old and current bands, and lines and characters from their own songs and others', often in the same song, is standard.
Source: Music / The Hold Steady
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Old and Current. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/current/old
Current & Old. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/current/old>.
Old or Current. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/current/old.
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