grey-haired vs ould

grey-haired

adj
  • old, wise, experienced. 

  • Having grey hair. 

ould

adj
  • old, aged, long-established 

  • term of diminution (often affectionate) 

  • term of denigration 

How often have the words grey-haired and ould occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )