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Juvenile vs Girlish - What's the difference?

juvenile | girlish | Synonyms |

Juvenile is a synonym of girlish.


As adjectives the difference between juvenile and girlish

is that juvenile is youthful; young while girlish is like a girl; feminine.

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

    girlish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Like a girl; feminine.
  • Of or relating to girlhood.
  • * Carew
  • In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor.

    See also

    * boyish * womanish