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Adolescent vs. Youth

Adolescent and Youth Definitions

Adolescent

Of, relating to, or undergoing adolescence.

Youth

The condition or quality of being young
Travel while you still have your youth.

Adolescent

Characteristic of adolescence; immature
An adolescent sense of humor.

Youth

The time of life between childhood and maturity
He was rebellious in his youth.

Adolescent

A young person who has undergone puberty but who has not reached full maturity.

Youth

An early period of development or existence
A nation in its youth.
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Adolescent

Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.

Youth

A young person, especially a young male in late adolescence.

Adolescent

A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.

Youth

(used with a sing. or pl. verb) Young people considered as a group.

Adolescent

Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity.
Schools, unless discipline were doubly strong,Detain their adolescent charge too long.

Youth

(Geology) The first stage in the erosion cycle.
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Adolescent

A youth.

Youth

(uncountable) The quality or state of being young.
Her youth and beauty attracted him to her.

Adolescent

A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

Youth

(uncountable) The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
Make the most of your youth, it will not last forever.
I made many mistakes in my youth, but learned from them all.

Adolescent

Relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent;
Adolescent problems

Youth

(countable) A young person.
There was a group of youths hanging around the parking lot, reading fashion magazines and listening to music.
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Adolescent

Being of the age 13 through 19;
Teenage mothers
The teen years

Youth

(countable) A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.

Adolescent

Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity;
Adolescent insecurity
Jejune responses to our problems
Their behavior was juvenile
Puerile jokes

Youth

Young persons, collectively.

Adolescent

In the state of development between puberty and maturity;
Adolescent boys and girls

Youth

The quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility.
Such as in his faceYouth smiled celestial.

Youth

The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood.
He wondered that your lordshipWould suffer him to spend his youth at home.
Those who pass their youth in vice are justly condemned to spend their age in folly.

Youth

A young person; especially, a young man.
Seven youths from Athens yearly sent.

Youth

Young persons, collectively.
It is fit to read the best authors to youth first.

Youth

A young person (especially a young man or boy)

Youth

Young people collectively;
Rock music appeals to the young
Youth everywhere rises in revolt

Youth

The time of life between childhood and maturity

Youth

Early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced

Youth

An early period of development;
During the youth of the project

Youth

The freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person

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