What's the difference between another and elder?

Another


Definition:

  • (pron. & a.) One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
  • (pron. & a.) Not the same; different.
  • (pron. & a.) Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It was found that the skeletal muscle enzyme of the chick embryo is independent of the presence of creatine and consequently is another constitutive enzyme like the creatine kinase of the early embryonic chick heart.
  • (2) But in 2017, to borrow another phrase from across the pond, there simply is no alternative.
  • (3) These results suggest the presence of a new antigen-antibody system for another human type C retrovirus related antigens(s) and a participation of retrovirus in autoimmune diseases.
  • (4) The omission of Crossrail 2 from the Conservative manifesto , in which other infrastructure projects were listed, was the clearest sign yet that there is little appetite in a Theresa May government for another London-based scheme.
  • (5) It involves creativity, understanding of art form and the ability to improvise in the highly complex environment of a care setting.” David Cameron has boosted dementia awareness but more needs to be done Read more She warns: “To effect a cultural change in dementia care requires a change of thinking … this approach is complex and intricate, and can change cultural attitudes by regarding the arts as central to everyday life of the care home.” Another participant, Mary*, a former teacher who had been bedridden for a year, read plays with the reminiscence arts practitioner.
  • (6) Another interested party, the University of Miami, had been in talks with the Beckham group over the potential for a shared stadium project.
  • (7) To this figure an additional 250,000 older workers must be added, who are no longer registered as unemployed but nevertheless would be interested in finding another job.
  • (8) However, as the plan unravels, Professor Marcus's team turn on one another, with painfully (if painfully funny) results.
  • (9) Meanwhile, reductions in tax allowances on dividends for company shareholders from £5,000 down to £2,000 represent another dent to the incomes of many business owners.
  • (10) Ryzhkov added: "I believe they want to keep him in prison for another three or four years at least, so he is not released until well after the next presidential elections in 2012."
  • (11) Data obtained with fenoldopam were corroborated with use of SK&F 38393, another dopamine D1-receptor agonist.
  • (12) Another important factor, however, seems to be that patients, their families, doctors and employers estimate capacity of performance on account of the specific illness, thus calling for intensified efforts toward rehabilitation.
  • (13) We have not had another incidence of fetal scalp infection associated with intrapartum monitoring.
  • (14) Univariate and multivariate analyses indicated previous LBP or back pain in another location of the spine were strongly associated with LBP during the study year.
  • (15) Three patients died from non-hepatic causes and another has received liver transplantation.
  • (16) Thus there may be four types of LPS in PACI: one contains unsubstituted core polysaccharide and yields L2 on acid hydrolysis, another has short antigenic side-chains of the SR type and yields the LI fraction, while the two high molecular weight fractions are derived from core polysaccharides with different side-chains.
  • (17) Abruptly changing cows from one feeding system to another did not influence milk yield, milk composition, or body weight gain.
  • (18) I fear that I will have to go through another witch-hunt in order to apply for this benefit."
  • (19) It did the job of triggering growth, but it also fueled real-estate speculation, similar to what was going on in the mid-2000s here.” Slowing economic growth may be another concern.
  • (20) Another Guardian podcast, Days in the Life, won silver in the same category.

Elder


Definition:

  • (a.) Older; more aged, or existing longer.
  • (a.) Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc.
  • (a.) One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.
  • (a.) An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
  • (a.) A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church.
  • (a.) A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder.
  • (n.) A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who is also seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, recently proposed a bill that would ease the financial burden of prescription drugs on elderly Americans by allowing Medicare, the national social health insurance program, to negotiate with the pharmaceutical companies to keep prices down.
  • (2) Elderly women need to follow the same strategies as postmenopausal women with more emphasis on prevention of falls.
  • (3) The role of magnetic resonance imaging is also discussed, as is the pathophysiology, management, and prognosis in the elderly patient.
  • (4) Polygraphic recordings during sleep were performed on 18 elderly persons (age range: 64-100 years).
  • (5) Mitoses of nuclei of myocytes of the left ventricle of the heart observed in two elderly people who had died of extensive relapsing infarction are described.
  • (6) Furthermore, renal function in the elderly patient with CHF is markedly compromised.
  • (7) The experiences with short-time psychotherapies described here are encouraging and confirm results of other groups demonstrating the efficiency of psychotherapeutic interventions with the elderly.
  • (8) Since neutrophils are the first line of defense against infection the vulnerability to infection of the elderly may be due, at least in part, to age-related changes in neutrophils (PMNs).
  • (9) The authors recently observed 2 elderly female patients with ischemic pain of the upper extremity as the first manifestation of giant cell arteritis.
  • (10) The mean value of peak Vcf showed no significant difference among young and elderly groups except for the group in the 30's which showed significant (p less than 0.05) difference between other groups.
  • (11) We used results from the 1986 National Mortality Follow-back Survey to estimate proportions of elderly decedents who were "fully functional" or "severely restricted" in the last year of life.
  • (12) We evaluated the effect of glycated albumin on phenytoin protein binding in 36 elderly (age range 63-94 yrs) patients with type II diabetes mellitus (DM) under diet management.
  • (13) Radiation exposure resulted in further significant decrease of T-cell count (but not B cells) in the elderly.
  • (14) The total amount of variance explained in the frequency of utilization (47%) exceeded that explained by other studies of utilization of various health services by the elderly.
  • (15) We conclude that mortality rates in the elderly could be improved by encouraging elective surgery and avoiding diagnostic laparatomy in patients with incurable surgical disease.
  • (16) Forty five elderly patients undergoing total hip replacements were assessed one day before and two days after surgery in order to explore the relationship between pre-operative anxiety and post-operative delirium.
  • (17) Elderly humans also cannot maximally suppress ADH secretion when serum osmolality is reduced.
  • (18) The relationship between subjective state of health and 5-year survival in an elderly cohort was examined.
  • (19) The unique case of an elderly man presenting with right L2-3 radiculopathy is described.
  • (20) Non-inflammatory calcific disease of the mitral valve apparatus is a common finding in elderly patients.