Junior vs Younger - What's the difference?
junior | younger | Synonyms |
(not comparable, often, preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.
* 1939 , "Uncle Fred in the Springtime":
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.
(comparable) Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
* Sir Thomas Browne
A younger person.
* (Angela Brazil)
A third-year student at a high school or university.
A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name. Abbreviation:
(young)
(rare) One who is younger than another.
* 1882 , L. H. Apaque, A baker's dozen (page 102)
As adjectives the difference between junior and younger
is that junior is younger while younger is comparative of young.As nouns the difference between junior and younger
is that junior is a younger person while younger is one who is younger than another.junior
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Alternative forms
* juniour (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The last man I met who was at school with me, though some years my junior, had a long white beard and no teeth.
- Our first studies and junior endeavours.
Noun
(en noun)- four years his junior
- Miss Mitchell would certainly be most relieved to have a monitress who was capable of organising the juniors at games.
Antonyms
* seniorExternal links
* ----younger
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Adjective
(head)- Our neighbor spent his younger years in England.
- Reading this book takes me back to my younger days.
Antonyms
* elder * olderNoun
(en noun)- Hugh and Charlie also played fairly well, so perhaps it was not wonderful that James, who had always regarded cricket as a childish waste of time, felt rather at a loss, and did not care to display his inferiority to his youngers .