The difference between Dated and Modern

When used as adjectives, dated means marked with a date, whereas modern means pertaining to a current or recent time and style.


Modern is also noun with the meaning: someone who lives in modern times.

check bellow for the other definitions of Dated and Modern

  1. Dated as an adjective:

    Marked with a date.

    Examples:

    "The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922."

  2. Dated as an adjective:

    Outdated.

    Examples:

    "Omnibus" is a dated term for a bus."

  3. Dated as an adjective:

    Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context.

    Examples:

    "Calling a happy person gay seems awfully dated nowadays; people will assume you mean something else."

  4. Dated as an adjective:

    No longer fashionable.

    Examples:

    "Slang can become dated very quickly."

  1. Dated as a verb:

  1. Modern as an adjective:

    Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.

    Examples:

    "Our online interactive game is a modern approach nowrap to teaching about gum disease.  nowrap Although it was built in the 1600s, the building still has nowrap a very modern look."

  2. Modern as an adjective (history):

    Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.

  1. Modern as a noun:

    Someone who lives in modern times.

  2. Modern as a noun:

    The modern time.