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Neonate vs Infancy - What's the difference?

neonate | infancy |

As nouns the difference between neonate and infancy

is that neonate is a newborn infant; recently born baby while infancy is the earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).

neonate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A newborn infant; recently born baby.

    • Synonyms

    * newborn

    Derived terms

    * neonatal

    infancy

    English

    Noun

    (infancies)
  • The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).
  • The state of being an infant.
  • An early stage in the development of, eg, some technology.
  • (label) The state of being a minor.