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Juvenile vs Juvenilization - What's the difference?

juvenile | juvenilization |

As an adjective juvenile

is youthful; young.

As a noun juvenilization is

the act or process of juvenilizing.

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

    juvenilization

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act or process of juvenilizing.
  • The retention, by adults in a species, of traits previously seen only in juveniles.

    • Synonyms

    * (retention of juvenile traits in adults) neoteny