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Youngest vs Younger - What's the difference?

youngest | younger |

As adjectives the difference between youngest and younger

is that youngest is superlative of young while younger is comparative of young.

As nouns the difference between youngest and younger

is that youngest is youngest child in a family while younger is one who is younger than another.

youngest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (young)
  • Most recently begun or formed.
    • I may be the youngest in my family but I still resent being referred to as the baby.
  • (card games) Receiving dealt cards last, i.e. immediately before the next deal to the eldest.

    • Noun

  • Youngest child in a family

    • 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