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Adolescent vs Naive - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between adolescent and naive

is that adolescent is characteristic of, or relating to, or undergoing adolescence; immature while naive is lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.

As a noun adolescent

is a teenager; a juvenile after puberty.

adolescent

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Adjective

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  • Characteristic]] of, or relating to, or [[undergo, undergoing adolescence; immature.
  • * Cowper
    • Schools, unless discipline were doubly strong, / Detain their adolescent charge too long.

    Related terms

    * adolescence * adult

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A teenager; a juvenile after puberty.

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    naive

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
    • Surely you're not naive enough to believe adverts!
  • (of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
    • I've always liked the naive way in which he ignores all the background detail.

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    * naively * naivete * naivety * naiveness

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