adolescent vs rocker

rocker vs adolescent

adolescent and rocker both are nouns.

adolescent is an adjective but rocker is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adolescent	Yes	Yes	No	No
rocker	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, rocker is a hyponym of adolescent; that is, rocker is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than adolescent:

adolescent: a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
rocker: a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles

Other hyponyms of adolescent include chebab, mod, pachuco, punk, punk rocker, young buck, young man.

adolescent (noun)	rocker (noun)
a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity	a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro
	a chair mounted on rockers
	an ice skate with a curved blade
	a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold
	a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles
	a performer or composer or fan of rock music
	an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle

adolescent (adjective)	rocker (adjective)
relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent
in the state of development between puberty and maturity
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
being of the age 13 through 19

Difference between adolescent and rocker

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