Precocious vs Valuable - What's the difference?
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As adjectives the difference between precocious and valuable is that precocious is characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity while valuable is having a great value. As a noun valuable is a personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form.
precocious English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity.
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- Both groups, also, have already evolved precocious (intracapsular) spore germination.
Exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age.
- The precocious child began reading the newspaper at age four.
Quotations
* 1964 , , “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”, Mary Poppins , Walt Disney
*: Mary: Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious / If you say it loud enough you'll always sound precocious
Synonyms
* tranty
Antonyms
* altricious
* serotinous
See also
* prodigy
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valuable English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Having a great value.
- valuable gemstones
estimable; deserving esteem
- a valuable''' friend; a '''valuable companion
Synonyms
* (l), (l)
Antonyms
* worthless
Noun
( en noun)
a personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form.
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