General and Old

General

General adjective - Belonging or relating to the whole.

Old and general are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Old" instead an adjective "General".

Old

Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.

General and old are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "General" instead an adjective "Old".

Nearby Words: oldie, olden, oldish

Both words in one sentence

  • Cannot Tell a Joke His original counterpart in the British version, David Brent, was also like this, due to a similar over-reliance on second hand humor from old comedy shows and a general lack of wit.
  • Murder Is the Best Solution: When Xiahou Shang, a Wei general and old friend of Wei Emperor Cao Pi, began spending more time with one of his concubines than with his primary wife, said wife complained to Cao Pi about it.
  • Old English was very similar to German, not only in its spelling and pronunciation but also in its agglutination (linking smaller words to form larger words, as is still the general rule in German).
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