Consider these sentences:

> とし を とっている toshi wo totteiru

means 'old', and

> その だんせい は おとしより です。 sono dansei wa otoshiyori desu.

means 'The man is old.'

The website I'm learning Japanese on gave me these sentences, why are there
two different ways old is said and what is the difference?
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What is the difference between 「年をとっている人」and 「お年寄り」?
年をとっている人 is more literal. It means that someone is old or aged stating
directly that he or she has lived for many years (and therefore he or she is
old).

お年寄り means elderly person and it is more polite.

Also note that 年をとる is a verb and お年寄り is a noun.
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