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Slytherin vs Adult - What's the difference?

slytherin | adult |

As nouns the difference between slytherin and adult

is that slytherin is a person bearing traits associated with (slytherin) house from the , including ambition, cunning, or an affinity for snakes or the colour green while adult is a fully grown human or animal.

As an adjective adult is

fully grown.

As a verb adult is

to (cause to) be or become an.

slytherin

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person bearing traits associated with (Slytherin) house from the , including ambition, cunning, or an affinity for snakes or the colour green.
  • * 2012 , Molly Harper, My Bluegrass Baby , Pocket Star Books (2012), ISBN 9781476706054, page 57:
  • “You know, there are colors beyond black and green. You're not a Slytherin .”
  • * 2013 , Michele Bigley, Explorer's Guide Northern California , The Countryman Press (2013), ISBN 9780881509946, page 409:
  • I'll admit, this place creeps me out, but Slytherins out there will enjoy viewing (and holding) over 50 types of snakes and reptiles, including bearded dragons, horned frogs, and tarantulas.
  • * 2013 , Tracey Solheim, Foolish Games , Berkley (2013), ISBN 9781101617526, unnumbered page:
  • “It's too bad your Slytherin brother can't be persuaded to tell the truth to Will,” Annabeth mused.
    “Not unless there's something in it for him.”
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  • English terms derived from Harry Potter

    adult

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fully grown human or animal.
  • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Fully grown.
  • an adult human, animal, or plant
  • Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children.
  • adult clothes
  • Containing material of an explicit sexual nature
  • adult content
    an adult movie

    Synonyms

    * (fully grown) big, fully grown, grown up * (unsuitable for children) blue, dirty, lewd, obscene

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To (cause to) be or become an .
  • * 1974 , Occasional Papers (Syracuse University), issues 42-46, page 5:
  • Womanhood was achieved at twenty-one, when the female was "adulted "; manhood was fully achieved at twenty-five,
  • * 2013 , Kelly Williams Brown, Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps
  • * 2013 , Ewa Rewers, The Contradictions of Urban Art (ISBN 364390374X), page 84:
  • The process of adulting children,
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