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Prepubescent vs Pubescent - What's the difference?

prepubescent | pubescent |

Pubescent is a related term of prepubescent.

Pubescent is a derived term of prepubescent.



As adjectives the difference between prepubescent and pubescent

is that prepubescent is before the age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction while pubescent is arriving, or arrived at, 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

    pubescent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Arriving, or arrived at, puberty.
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  • (botany, zoology) Covered with down or fine hairs.

    • Derived terms

    * peripubescent * postpubescent * prepubescent

    Related terms

    * puberty, pubescence

    See also

    * puberulent ----