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Pubescent vs Juvenile - What's the difference?

pubescent | juvenile |

As adjectives the difference between pubescent and juvenile

is that pubescent is arriving, or arrived at, puberty while juvenile is youthful; young.

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 ----

    juvenile

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • young; not fully developed
  • characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • a prepubescent child
  • a person not legally of age, or who is younger than may be charged with an offence
  • an animal that is not sexually mature
  • an actor playing a child's role

    • Derived terms

    * (not of legal age) juvenile court, juvenile delinquent, juvenile detention center, juvenile hall