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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

Intended for or including youthful persons
a junior sports league.

Senior

Of or relating to senior citizens.

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

Having precedence in making certain decisions.

Junior

Lesser in scale than the usual.

Senior

Of or relating to the fourth and last year of high school or college
our senior class.

Junior

A person who is younger than another
a sister four years my junior.

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 person lesser in rank or time of participation or service; subordinate.

Senior

A person who is older than another
She is eight years my senior.

Junior

A student in the third year of a US high school or college.

Senior

A senior citizen.

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

(comparable) Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.

Senior

A student in the fourth year of high school or college.

Junior

Younger.

Senior

Older; superior
senior citizen

Junior

(not comparable) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.

Senior

Higher in rank, dignity, or office.
senior member; senior counsel

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 younger person.
four years his junior

Senior

An old person.

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

A third-year student at a high school or university.

Senior

Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.

Junior

(legal) A junior barrister.

Senior

An elder or presbyter in the early Church.

Junior

Less advanced in age than another; younger. Abbreviated Jr.

Senior

Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.

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.

Senior

A final-year student at a high school or university.

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.

Junior

A younger person.
His junior she, by thirty years.

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.

Senior

A person who is older than another; one more advanced in life.

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.

Junior

a third-year undergraduate

Senior

An aged person; an older.
Each village senior paused to scan,And speak the lovely caravan.

Junior

the younger of two men

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

a son who has the same first name as his father

Senior

an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation

Junior

younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service

Senior

a person who is older than you are

Junior

used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college;
the junior class
a third-year student

Senior

older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service;
senior officer

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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