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> elder and older elder and older are not interchangeable. Elder is used only of people, as in "The smaller boy is the elder of the two". It is frequently used of family relationships, as in "His elder brother died before him". Older can be used of things as well as people, as in "The church looks ancient but the castle is the older of the buildings" and "The smaller girl is the older of the two". It also can be used of family relationships, as in "It was his older brother who helped him". Elder used as a noun suggests experience or worthiness as well as age, as in "Important issues used to be decided by the village elders" and "Children should respect their elders and betters". Pour éviter fautes de grammaire, contresens et confusions. The English Usage Dictionary est le parfait complément des dictionnaires bilingues, du dictionnaire de définitions anglaises et du Thesaurus. Ce dictionnaire signale toutes les difficultés que recèle l'usage d'un mot: orthographe, grammaire, prononciation, homonymies, etc. Exemple d'article du dictionnaire English Usage Dictionary