The difference between Modern and Outdated

When used as adjectives, modern means pertaining to a current or recent time and style, whereas outdated means out of date, old-fashioned, antiquated.

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Modern and Outdated

  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.

  1. Outdated as an adjective:

    Out of date, old-fashioned, antiquated.

    Examples:

    "His outdated wordprocessing software could not read the files I sent."

  2. Outdated as an adjective:

    Out of date; not the latest; obsolete.

    Examples:

    "Your version of the document is outdated."

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