Turn or Get

[sdpegasus]

What is the difference between these two sentences?

I turned a year older.

I got a year older.

 

[probus]

Both are understandable but neither is perfectly natural. Turned is normally used with a numeral, e.g. "He turned 21 yesterday."

 

[Raymott]

You can turn 30 overnight. You can't get a year older overnight.

 

[sdpegasus]

That means "turn" is supposed to be used with numbers viz-he turned 21 yesterday,and "get"-he got a year older.

 

[bhaisahab]

That means "turn" is supposed to be used with numbers viz-he turned 21 yesterday,and "get"-he got a year older.

Yes. "Turn" is used with a number.

 

[UM Chakma]

If they both are not natural, Please provide an example which is natural.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I have to disagree with some of my colleagues. At least in AmE, "turn/turned a year older" is not uncommon. In a Google search, "turned a year older" resulted in 357,000 hits and "turn a year older" resulted in 254,000 hits.