Precocious vs Valuable - What's the difference?
precocious | valuable |
Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity.
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Exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age.
Having a great value.
estimable; deserving esteem
a personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form.
As adjectives the difference between precocious and valuable
is that precocious is characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity while valuable is having a great value.As a noun valuable is
a personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form.precocious
English
Adjective
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- Both groups, also, have already evolved precocious (intracapsular) spore germination.
- 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 precociousSynonyms
* trantyAntonyms
* altricious * serotinousSee also
* prodigyExternal links
* * *valuable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- valuable gemstones
- a valuable''' friend; a '''valuable companion