age difference

noun

: the amount by which ages are different
There's a 15-year age difference between her oldest and youngest children.

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Still, despite their age difference and Ford’s experience, their relationship never felt complicated to Quan. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2026 The runway mainstay is 31 to Cooper’s 51, meaning the couple have a 20-year age difference. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 12 Aug. 2026 There is only a small age difference between the two, but their kids are in different stages. — Parents, 10 Aug. 2026 And perhaps their age difference didn’t register for some because Burke often acted like a kid himself. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for age difference

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“Age difference.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/age%20difference. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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