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Prepubescent vs Adolescent - What's the difference?

prepubescent | adolescent |

As adjectives the difference between prepubescent and adolescent

is that prepubescent is before the age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction while adolescent is characteristic of, or relating to, or undergoing adolescence; immature.

As a noun adolescent is

a teenager; a juvenile after puberty.

prepubescent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Before the age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction.
  • Who is not yet capable of sexual reproduction. Immature.

    • Related terms

    *postpubescent *pubescent *puberty

    adolescent

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • 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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