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Teenager vs Younger - What's the difference?

teenager | younger |

As nouns the difference between teenager and younger

is that teenager is teenager while younger is (rare) one who is younger than another.

As an adjective younger is

(young).

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

    * ----

    younger

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (young)
  • Our neighbor spent his younger years in England.
    Reading this book takes me back to my younger days.

    Antonyms

    * elder * older

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) One who is younger than another.
  • * 1882 , L. H. Apaque, A baker's dozen (page 102)
  • Hugh and Charlie also played fairly well, so perhaps it was not wonderful that James, who had always regarded cricket as a childish waste of time, felt rather at a loss, and did not care to display his inferiority to his youngers .

    Antonyms

    * elder