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age vs mental age

mental age vs age

age and mental age both are nouns.

age is a verb but mental age is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
age Yes No Yes No
mental age Yes No No No
As nouns, mental age is a hyponym of age; that is, mental age is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than age:
  • age: how long something has existed
  • mental age: the level of intellectual development as measured by an intelligence test
age (noun) mental age (noun)
how long something has existed the level of intellectual development as measured by an intelligence test
a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
a late time of life
an era of history having some distinctive feature
a prolonged period of time
age (verb) mental age (verb)
grow old or older
begin to seem older; get older
make older
Difference between age and mental age

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