Budding vs Pubescent - What's the difference?
budding | pubescent |
That is beginning to develop.
* 1956 , Rubber Journal (volume 131, page 232)
Arriving, or arrived at, puberty.
* 2008 , Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in'' Nate Green, ''Built for Show , page xi
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, year=2012
, date=June 26
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, title=Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe
, work=The Onion AV Club
(botany, zoology) Covered with down or fine hairs.
As adjectives the difference between budding and pubescent
is that budding is that is beginning to develop while pubescent is arriving, or arrived at, puberty.As a verb budding
is .As a noun budding
is .budding
English
Adjective
(-)- He's a budding deejay.
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Whatever the mode of origin, buddings from a particular bud-parent have been found to agree in habit and general characteristics, while all buddings develop similar features which distinguish them from seedling trees.
pubescent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=The 18-year-old Bieber can’t quite pull off the “adult” thing just yet: His voice may have dropped a bit since the days of “Baby,” but it still mostly registers as “angelic,” and veers toward a pubescent whine at times. }}
