The difference between Dated and Old-fashioned
When used as adjectives, dated means marked with a date, whereas old-fashioned means of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue.
Old-fashioned is also noun with the meaning: a whiskey-based cocktail.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dated and Old-fashioned
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Dated as an adjective:
Marked with a date.
Examples:
"The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922."
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Dated as an adjective:
Outdated.
Examples:
"Omnibus" is a dated term for a bus."
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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."
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Dated as an adjective:
No longer fashionable.
Examples:
"Slang can become dated very quickly."
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Dated as a verb:
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Old-fashioned as an adjective:
Of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue.
Examples:
"My bike is old-fashioned but it gets me around."
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Old-fashioned as an adjective:
Of a person, preferring the customs of earlier times.
Examples:
"You can’t stay the night, because my parents are a bit old-fashioned."
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Old-fashioned as a noun:
A whiskey-based cocktail.