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When used as adjectives, dated means marked with a date, whereas old-fashioned means of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue.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

  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    Outdated.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. 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    Of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue.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."

  2. 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."

  1. Old-fashioned as a noun:

    A whiskey-based cocktail.

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