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Juvenile vs Infant - What's the difference?

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Juvenile is a synonym of infant.


As an adjective juvenile

is youthful; young.

As a noun infant is

a very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and/or attention.

As a verb infant is

(obsolete) to bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.

juvenile

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • young; not fully developed
  • characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • a prepubescent child
  • a person not legally of age, or who is younger than may be charged with an offence
  • an animal that is not sexually mature
  • an actor playing a child's role

    • Derived terms

    * (not of legal age) juvenile court, juvenile delinquent, juvenile detention center, juvenile hall

    infant

    English

    (wikipedia infant)

    Alternative forms

    * infaunt (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and/or attention.
  • (legal) A minor.
  • (obsolete) A noble or aristocratic youth.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.2:
    • Retourned home, the royall Infant fell / Into her former fitt [...].

    Related terms

    * infanticide * infantile

    See also

    * sudden infant death syndrome * newborn * neonate

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.
  • * Milton
    • This worthy motto, "No bishop, no king," is infanted out of the same fears.
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