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Juvenile vs Juventas - What's the difference?

juvenile | juventas | Derived terms |

Juvenile is a derived term of juventas.


As an adjective juvenile

is youthful; young.

As a noun juventas is

or juventas can be .

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

    juventas

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (Roman god) The goddess of youth, and a daughter of Jupiter and Juno. Juventas was the cupbearer of the gods until she married her paternal halfbrother, Hercules, whith whom she had twin sons, Alexiares and Anicetus. She is the Roman counterpart of Hebe.
  • Derived terms

    * juvenile * juvenile detention facility