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adolescent vs teenager

Both 'adolescent' and 'teenager' are correct terms used to refer to young people between childhood and adulthood. 'Adolescent' is more formal and is often used in academic or professional contexts, while 'teenager' is more commonly used in everyday language.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 789 views

adolescent

The term 'adolescent' is correct and commonly used to refer to young people between childhood and adulthood.

It is often used in academic or professional contexts to describe individuals in the age range of 13 to 19 years old.

Examples:

The adolescent years are a time of significant growth and change.
She works with adolescent patients at the hospital.

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Dangerous when contradicted... but an adolescent.
A typical case of an adolescent who'd never been taught anything by anyone.
This was random, impulsive, adolescent.
It's a classic adolescent response to the pressures of incipient adulthood.
George's suicide attempts are so adolescent.
I think we've put together a pretty comprehensive plan... that provides Kevin with every important adolescent experience.
It's a self-indulgent, adolescent mess.
Puberty can often be a confusing time for a young adolescent flowering into manhood.
This adolescent cowardice of yours is really getting on my nerves.
A shy, adolescent young man renders himself as a superhero.
Especially in the case of an adolescent writer.
My diagnosis is adolescent schizophrenia, undoubtedly of a chronic variety.
It's no wonder you live like an adolescent.
He's like an adolescent in some ways.
It didn't feel like adolescent Freudian rebellion.
I remember all too well the transition from adorable to adolescent.
It's an adolescent with developmental issues.
He's like an invisible, adolescent, James Bond super villain criminal mastermind.
Now here's the female adolescent turkey.
The younger unsub we believe is an adolescent.

Alternatives:

teenager
young adult
youth
youngster
minor

teenager

The term 'teenager' is correct and commonly used to refer to young people between childhood and adulthood.

It is more commonly used in everyday language to describe individuals in the age range of 13 to 19 years old.

Examples:

My sister is a teenager and loves listening to music.
Teenagers often face peer pressure in high school.

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So please consider this fragile, susceptible teenager and remember...
What every teenager wants their parents to do.
A teenager, an astronaut and a schoolteacher.
Instead of a defenseless teenager, our kidnapper grabbed a cop.
They just gunned down a teenager in our house.
Plus, entrusting the future of the planet to a teenager...
I'm dealing with a love-scorned teenager.
A rich, white celebrity shoots a black teenager.
Two countries, Aztec temples, Derek returned to a teenager.
Local teenager Tara Harris found murdered inside her home last night.
This unsub could be a teenager.
It's probably just some bored teenager who hacked the account.
She gave up a baby for adoption when she was a teenager.
Came here from Alabama when I was a teenager.
At least you're not stuck in the body of a teenager.
She was on her deathbed and a teenager.
You were a teenager when you started working for him.
You already had your chance to be a teenager.
He was trained by the Russian mob as a teenager.
I want you to be a teenager.

Alternatives:

adolescent
young adult
youth
youngster
minor

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