Juvenile vs. Young — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Juvenile and Young
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Definitions
Juvenile
Not fully grown or developed; young.
Young
Having lived or existed for only a short time
A young girl
Young tender mint leaves
The young are amazingly resilient
Juvenile
Of or characteristic of a young animal that has not reached sexual maturity
A bird still in juvenile plumage.
Young
Used to denote the younger of two people of the same name
Pitt the Younger
Juvenile
Characteristic of, intended for, or appropriate for children or young people
Juvenile fashions.
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Young
Offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth
Many grebes carry their young on their backs
Juvenile
Marked by immaturity; childish
Juvenile behavior.
Young
Being in an early period of life, development, or growth.
Juvenile
(Geology) Relating to or being water, gas, or a mineral-rich fluid believed to have originated from magma and to have come to the earth's surface for the first time.
Young
Newly begun or formed; not advanced
A young biotech company.
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Juvenile
A young person; a child.
Young
Relating to, typical of, or suggestive of youth or early life
He is young for his age.
Juvenile
A young animal that has not reached sexual maturity.
Young
Lacking experience; immature
A young hand at plowing.
Juvenile
A two-year-old racehorse.
Young
Being the junior of two people having the same name.
Juvenile
An actor who plays roles of children or young persons.
Young
(Geology) Being of an early stage in a geologic cycle. Used of bodies of water and land formations.
Juvenile
A children's book.
Young
Young persons considered as a group; youth
Entertainment for the young.
Juvenile
Young; not fully developed.
Young
Offspring; brood
A lioness with her young.
Juvenile
Characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish.
Young
In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
A lamb is a young sheep;
These picture books are for young readers
Juvenile
A prepubescent child.
Young
At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
The age of space travel is still young;
A young business
Juvenile
A person younger than the age of majority; a minor.
Young
(Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
How young is your dog?
Her grandmother turned 70 years young last month.
Juvenile
(criminal law) A person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility, such that the person either cannot be held criminally liable or is subject to less severe forms of punishment.
Young
Junior (of two related people with the same name).
Juvenile
(literature) A publication for young adult readers.
Young
(of a decade of life) Early.
Juvenile
(theater) An actor playing a child's role.
Young
Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
My grandmother is a very active woman and is quite young for her age.
Juvenile
(zoology) A sexually immature animal.
Young
Of or belonging to the early part of life.
The cynical world soon shattered my young dreams.
Juvenile
A two-year-old racehorse.
Young
(obsolete) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
Juvenile
Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance.
Young
(often as if a plural noun) Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.
The lion caught a gnu to feed its young.
The lion's young are curious about the world around them.
Juvenile
Of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports.
Young
To become or seem to become younger.
Juvenile
Characteristic of children; immature; childish; puerile; infantile; as, a juvenile temper tantrum.
Young
To cause to appear younger.
Juvenile
A young person or youth; - used sportively or familiarly.
Young
(geology) To exhibit younging.
Juvenile
A youthful person
Young
Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; - said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn.
For he so young and tender was of age.
"Whom the gods love, die young," has been too long carelessly said; . . . whom the gods love, live young forever.
Juvenile
Of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people;
Juvenile diabetes
Juvenile fashions
Young
Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree.
While the fears of the people were young.
Juvenile
Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity;
Adolescent insecurity
Jejune responses to our problems
Their behavior was juvenile
Puerile jokes
Young
Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this.
Young
The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.
[The egg] bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosedTheir callow young.
Young
Any immature animal
Young
United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
Young
United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
Young
British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)
Young
United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)
Young
English poet (1683-1765)
Young
United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
Young
United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877)
Young
Young people collectively;
Rock music appeals to the young
Youth everywhere rises in revolt
Young
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth;
Young people
Young
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity;
New potatoes
Young corn