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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The age difference — more than 18 years — paired with the former student-teacher relationship, and all the weight of the crash, meant that not everyone in town was fond of the new couple.
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
In fact, romance with someone of an age difference is very likely.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
Because of that seven-year age difference, Mila Kunis really could be Hyland's big sister — which helped when the Modern Family actress dressed up as Kunis' That '70s Show character, Jackie Burkhart, for Halloween in 2010.
—Laura Lane, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
The brothers starred at Westlake High School in Atlanta and at Clemson but have never been teammates due to their seven-year age difference.
—Josh Kendall, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
In fact, romance with someone of an age difference is very likely.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
Because of that seven-year age difference, Mila Kunis really could be Hyland's big sister — which helped when the Modern Family actress dressed up as Kunis' That '70s Show character, Jackie Burkhart, for Halloween in 2010.
—Laura Lane, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
The brothers starred at Westlake High School in Atlanta and at Clemson but have never been teammates due to their seven-year age difference.
—Josh Kendall, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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“Age difference.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/age%20difference. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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