Junior vs. Senior

By Muazma Batool — Published on February 13, 2023

Difference Between Junior and Senior
◉Junior
Abbr. Jr. Used to distinguish a son from his father when they have the same given name.
◉Senior
Abbr. Sr. Of or being the older of two, especially the older of two persons having the same name, as father and son.
◉Junior
Lower in rank or shorter in length of tenure
a junior officer.
the junior senator.
◉Senior
Being in a position, rank, or grade above others of the same set or class
a senior officer.
the senior ship in the battle group.
◉Junior
Of, for, or constituting students in the third year of a US high school or college
the junior class.
◉Senior
Of or relating to the fourth and last year of high school or college
our senior class.
◉Senior
Relating to or being a class of corporate debt that has priority with respect to interest and principal over other classes of debt and equity by the same issuer.
◉Junior
A class of clothing sizes for girls and slender women. Also called junior miss.
◉Senior
One that is of a higher position, rank, or grade than another in the same set or class.
◉Junior
Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.
◉Senior
(US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
◉Junior
A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr., Jr., Jun.).
◉Senior
Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
He was four years her senior.
◉Junior
Lower in standing or in rank, or having entered later into a position or office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain; the junior Senator from New York.
◉Junior
Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
Our first studies and junior endeavors.
◉Senior
More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel.
◉Senior
Belonging to the final year of the regular course in American colleges, or in professional schools.
◉Junior
One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in American colleges and four-year high schools, one in the third year of his course, one in the fourth or final year being designated a senior; in some seminaries, one in the first year, in others, one in the second year, of a three years' course.
◉Junior
term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male;
look here, junior, it's none of your business
◉Senior
One older in office, or whose entrance upon office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade.
◉Senior
An aged person; an older.
Each village senior paused to scan,And speak the lovely caravan.
◉Senior
One in the fourth or final year of his collegiate course at an American college; - originally called senior sophister; also, one in the last year of the course at a professional schools or at a seminary.
◉Junior
used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college;
the junior class
a third-year student
◉Junior
including or intended for youthful persons;
a junior sports league
junior fashions
◉Senior
used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college;
the senior prom
◉Senior
advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables);
aged members of the society
elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper
senior citizen
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