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a sister/brother/son/daughter who is older than the other sister(s), brother(s), etc.: Her parents and elder sister stayed behind in Poland when she came to America . He always looked up to his elder brothers .
Badi Deedi means eldest sister, and Bhagan means younger sister, and Choti Bagan means youngest sister. The Hindi word for old is Buddi. Do we call Buddi didi ?
Elder and older are both adjectives that mean "more advanced in age." Older can be used of people and things ('an older sibling;' 'an older house'), but elder can only be used of people ('the elder son'). Additionally, elder can be used as a noun ('respect your elders').
Elder can be used to denote relatively old age, and when it does, it adds a component of respect for a person’s position or achievement. He is an elder member of the Supreme Court. Senator Smith is an elder statesman, having served over 30 years.
We only use the adjectives elder and eldest before a noun (as attributive adjectives), and usually when talking about relationships within a family: Let me introduce Siga. She’s my elder sister.
Similar to younger, elder can also be used to refer to something possessive such as elder days, elder siblings, etc. Elder also indicates a gap of years however increasing in age. For example: Tom is five years Mary’s elder. This basically means that Tom is five years older than Mary.
‘Elder’ refers to someone who is older than you in your family or sibling group. For example, ‘My elder brother is a lawyer.’ On the other hand, ‘eldest’ is used to refer to the oldest person in a group of siblings. For instance, ‘My eldest sister is a doctor.’
For me one's elder sister is the sister who was born first (before the other sister). She may, of course, have been born after you, and so be younger than you. elder: born earlier; senior. It goes on to complicate the issue, of course.
"Elder or oldest sister" is used when you want to emphasize the age comparison between sisters, while "elder sister" is more commonly used to simply refer to the sister who is older. Both phrases are grammatically correct and can be used depending on the emphasis you want to convey.
They all mean the same thing. However, you hear "eldest sister" more than "elder sister." Eldest means the oldest. "Susan is the eldest sister out of the Smith siblings. She is 40 years old." Susan is the oldest out of her siblings, making her the eldest. Older sister, elder sister, and big sister are all synonymous though.