Preteenager vs Preteenage - What's the difference?
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A person of somewhat less than 13 years of age
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 7, author=Kelefa Sanneh, title=Years in Review, and New-Year Surprises, work=New York Times
, passage=In the first season of the British reality TV show “Rock Star” (which was broadcast in America on VH1), Gene Simmons of Kiss tried to turn a bunch of boarding-school preteenagers into a rock band. }}
Younger than teenage; often specifically of an age shortly before the teens, such as 10-12.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 27, author=Michael Barbaro, title=Gap Closing Chain Aimed at Over-30s, work=New York Times
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As a noun preteenager
is a person of somewhat less than 13 years of age.As an adjective preteenage is
younger than teenage; often specifically of an age shortly before the teens, such as 10-12.preteenager
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See also
*prepubescentpreteenage
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