Elder and Old age

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

Nearby Word: elderly

Old age noun - A late time of life.

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Elder and old age are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Elder" instead an adjective phrase "Old age".

They killed almost every Namekian - some of them were killed by Vegeta, the Grand Elder died of old age, but his death was accelerated by Freeza's invasion, and Nail being the only survivor (all of them were revived, anyway).

Source: Alien Invasion
The last Elder Dragon, Nicol Bolas, is an incredibly dangerous villain who is "Dominaria's most ancient evil." They apparently can die of old age eventually, since one of Nicol Bolas' goals was to regain the immortality he lost when his Planeswalker Spark was weakened by the Mending.

Source: Stronger with Age

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