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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Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher joke about their age difference on Saturday Night Live
In 2005, Kutcher hosted SNL, and Moore made a cameo appearance joking about their 15-year age difference.
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Julie Tremaine, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Two of Basem’s teenage students — the older, rowdy Yacoub (Mahmoud Bakri) and the younger, booksmart Adam (Muhammad Abed El Rahman) — share his class despite their age difference, owing to Yacoub’s stint in Israeli detention.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
The actor, 67, and his wife, 28 — who have an age difference of almost 40 years — spent time together on the beach in Miami on April 2.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Image The large age difference between Washington, who is 70, and Osborne, who is 27, might have enhanced such an exploration, but the subject is ignored.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
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Julie Tremaine, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Two of Basem’s teenage students — the older, rowdy Yacoub (Mahmoud Bakri) and the younger, booksmart Adam (Muhammad Abed El Rahman) — share his class despite their age difference, owing to Yacoub’s stint in Israeli detention.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
The actor, 67, and his wife, 28 — who have an age difference of almost 40 years — spent time together on the beach in Miami on April 2.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Image The large age difference between Washington, who is 70, and Osborne, who is 27, might have enhanced such an exploration, but the subject is ignored.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
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 27 May. 2025.
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