baby vs child
child vs babybaby and child both are nouns.
baby is a verb but child is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| baby | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| child | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
child is a hypernym of
baby; that is, child is a
word with a broader meaning than baby:
- baby: a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
- child: a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
Other hypernyms of baby include
kid.
As nouns,
baby and child
are synonyms defined as:
- baby and child: an immature childish person
| baby (noun) | child (noun) |
|---|---|
| a project of personal concern to someone | a young person of either sex |
| a very young mammal | a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age |
| a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk | an immature childish person |
| the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young) | a member of a clan or tribe |
| an immature childish person | |
| an unborn child; a human fetus | |
| a beloved person; used as terms of endearment |
| baby (verb) | child (verb) |
|---|---|
| treat with excessive indulgence |
Words related to "baby"
- abandoned infant
- babe
- babyhood
- beloved
- blue baby
- cherub
- child
- cocker
- coddle
- cosset
- darling
- dear
- dearest
- dearie
- deary
- do by
- featherbed
- fetus
- foetus
- foundling
- godchild
- handle
- honey
- individual
- indulge
- infant
- issue
- kid
- labor
- labour
- love
- lover
- mollycoddle
- mortal
- neonate
- newborn
- nurseling
- nursling
- offspring
- pamper
- papoose
- pappoose
- person
- progeny
- project
- somebody
- someone
- soul
- spoil
- suckling
- sweetheart
- sweetie
- task
- test-tube baby
- treat
- undertaking
- war baby
- young mammal
Words related to "child"
- army brat
- babe
- baby
- bairn
- bambino
- buster
- changeling
- child prodigy
- child's body
- childhood
- childly
- descendant
- descendent
- family
- family unit
- female offspring
- foster child
- foster-child
- fosterling
- fry
- imp
- individual
- infant
- infant prodigy
- issue
- juvenile
- juvenile person
- kid
- kiddie
- kiddy
- kindergartener
- kindergartner
- male offspring
- man-child
- minor
- monkey
- mortal
- nestling
- nipper
- offspring
- orphan
- parent
- peanut
- person
- picaninny
- piccaninny
- pickaninny
- poster child
- preschooler
- progeny
- rapscallion
- rascal
- scalawag
- scallywag
- scamp
- shaver
- silly
- small fry
- somebody
- someone
- soul
- sprog
- stepchild
- street child
- tiddler
- tike
- toddler
- tot
- tyke
- urchin
- waif
- wonder child
- yearling
- youngster
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