Teens vs. Tens

Teens vs. Tens — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Teens and Tens

Teensnoun

The numbers between thirteen and nineteen.

The number of people at the meeting was in the teens.

Tensnoun

(poker slang) A pair of tens.

Teensnoun

The time of life between thirteen and nineteen years old; the teenage years.

She is in her teens.

Tensnoun

The second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc. The teens, the oneties.

Teensnoun

The second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc. The oneties, the tens.

Teensnoun

The range between 10 and 19.

Although it was a scorching desert by day, temperatures could drop as low as the teens at night.
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Teensnoun

the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20

Teensnoun

all the numbers that end in -teen