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Teenager vs Tweenager - What's the difference?

teenager | tweenager |

As nouns the difference between teenager and tweenager

is that teenager is literally, a person from thirteen to nineteen who is in their teens; an adolescent while tweenager is a young human being that is not yet technically a teenager (being less than thirteen years old), but starting to act like one—generally eight to twelve years old.

teenager

English

(Adolescence)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (countable) Literally, a person from thirteen'' to nine''teen who is in their teens; an adolescent.
  • Usage notes

    Sometimes only refers up to the legal minor limit in many countries of eighteen years old, or sometimes only refers up to the point of high school graduation. In the earlier years, sometimes referred to as a youth; in later years, sometimes referred to as a young adult.

    Anagrams

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    tweenager

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A young human being that is not yet technically a teenager (being less than thirteen years old), but starting to act like one—generally eight to twelve years old.
  • Synonyms

    * preteen * tween * tweenie