Elder and Grown

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Elder adjective - Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son.

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Grown and elder are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Grown" instead an adjective "Elder".

Nearby Word: elderly

Grown adjective - Covered with a thick healthy natural growth.

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Elder and grown are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Elder" instead an adjective "Grown".

Nearby Words: grow, growth, growing

His grand-daughter Susan was de-aged to prepubescence and Barbara and Ian were changed from teachers to Doctor Who's grown-up elder grand-daughter and her incompetent Plucky Comic Relief boyfriend.

Source: Franchise / Doctor Who Expanded Universe
If Her Flag Breaks: School elder Tsumugi Ryuukishibara looks like a young child, complete with bonnet; in truth, she was once a fully-grown woman, but shrank to her current height as she got older.

Source: Older Than They Look / Anime and Manga
And if the full-grown Illithid avoids getting itself killed by an adventurer or something, its brain will be eaten by the Elder Brain anyway.

Source: Abusive Alien Parents

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