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Precocious vs Advanced - What's the difference?

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Precocious is a synonym of advanced.


As adjectives the difference between precocious and advanced

is that precocious is characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity while advanced is (senseid)at or close to the state of the art.

As a verb advanced is

(advance).

precocious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity.
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  • Exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age.
  • The precocious child began reading the newspaper at age four.

    Quotations

    * 1964 , , “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”, Mary Poppins , Walt Disney *: Mary: Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious / If you say it loud enough you'll always sound precocious

    Synonyms

    * tranty

    Antonyms

    * altricious * serotinous

    See also

    * prodigy

    advanced

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (advance)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (senseid)At or close to the state of the art.
  • Enhanced.
  • Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing).
  • * Hawthorne
  • a gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles
  • In a late stage of development; greatly developed beyond an initial stage.
  • (phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract.
  • Synonyms

    * progressive, professional, sophisticated

    Derived terms

    * advanced degree * advanced green

    See also

    * cutting edge * groundbreaking