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Preterm vs Immature - What's the difference?

preterm | immature |

As adjectives the difference between preterm and immature

is that preterm is of a premature birth or baby while immature is not fully formed or developed, unripe, not mature.

As a noun preterm

is a premature birth or baby.

preterm

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of a premature birth or baby.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A premature birth or baby.

    • immature

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not fully formed or developed, unripe, not mature.
  • Silly or childish in behavior, not mature.
    • You're only young once, but you can be immature the rest of your life.
  • * .
    • The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.

    Related terms

    * mature * immaturity ----