Juvenile vs. Young — What's the Difference?

Not fully grown or developed; young.

Having lived or existed for only a short time

Of or characteristic of a young animal that has not reached sexual maturity

Used to denote the younger of two people of the same name

Characteristic of, intended for, or appropriate for children or young people

Offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth

Marked by immaturity; childish

Being in an early period of life, development, or growth.

(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.

Newly begun or formed; not advanced

A young person; a child.

Relating to, typical of, or suggestive of youth or early life

A young animal that has not reached sexual maturity.

Lacking experience; immature

A two-year-old racehorse.

Being the junior of two people having the same name.

An actor who plays roles of children or young persons.

(Geology) Being of an early stage in a geologic cycle. Used of bodies of water and land formations.

A children's book.

Young persons considered as a group; youth

Young; not fully developed.

Offspring; brood

Characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish.

In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.

A prepubescent child.

At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.

A person younger than the age of majority; a minor.

(Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.

(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.

Junior (of two related people with the same name).

(literature) A publication for young adult readers.

(of a decade of life) Early.

(theater) An actor playing a child's role.

Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.

(zoology) A sexually immature animal.

Of or belonging to the early part of life.

A two-year-old racehorse.

(obsolete) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance.

(often as if a plural noun) Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.

Of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports.

To become or seem to become younger.

Characteristic of children; immature; childish; puerile; infantile; as, a juvenile temper tantrum.

To cause to appear younger.

A young person or youth; - used sportively or familiarly.

(geology) To exhibit younging.

A youthful person

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.

Of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people;

Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree.

Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity;

Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.

Any immature animal

United States film and television actress (1913-2000)

United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)

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)

United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)

English poet (1683-1765)

United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)

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 people collectively;

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth;

(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity;