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Childhood vs Teenager - What's the difference?

childhood | teenager |

As nouns the difference between childhood and teenager

is that childhood is (uncountable) the state of being a child while teenager is teenager.

childhood

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) The state of being a child.
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    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Lifelong Impact of Early Self-Control , passage=To our own surprise, our 40-year study of 1,000 children revealed that childhood self-control strongly predicts adult success, in people of high or low intelligence, in rich or poor, and does so throughout the entire population, with a step change in health, wealth, and social success at every level of self-control.}}
  • The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood .}}
  • (by extension) The early stages of development of something.
  • * Shakespeare
    • the childhood of our joy

    Derived terms

    * second childhood

    See also

    * (wikipedia)

    teenager

    English

    (Adolescence)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable) Literally, a person from thirteen'' to nine''teen who is in their teens; an adolescent.

    • Usage notes

    Sometimes only refers up to the legal minor limit in many countries of eighteen years old, or sometimes only refers up to the point of high school graduation. In the earlier years, sometimes referred to as a youth; in later years, sometimes referred to as a young adult.

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