senescent vs senior citizen

senescent

adj
  • Characteristic of old age. 

  • That ceases to divide. 

  • Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time. 

senior citizen

noun
  • An old person, variously considered to be a person over fifty, fifty-five, sixty, or sixty-five years of age. 

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