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Juvenile vs Teenage - What's the difference?

juvenile | teenage |

As adjectives the difference between juvenile and teenage

is that juvenile is young; not fully developed while teenage is of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old.

As nouns the difference between juvenile and teenage

is that juvenile is a prepubescent child while teenage is brushwood for fences and hedges.

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

    teenage

    English

    Etymology 1

    First attested circa 1700: teen (Kentish variant of tine: “enclose within a wattle fence”) (suffix forming abstract nouns).

    Noun

    (-)
  • Brushwood for fences and hedges.
    • Synonyms
    * (l)
    References
    * “ ?teenage n.''¹]” defined as a derived term of “[http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50248204 teen, ''v.''²]”, listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989

    Etymology 2

    First attested in 1921: .

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old.
    • Fred's teenage years were the most difficult of times.
    Derived terms
    * (l) English terms with multiple etymologies