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child vs urchin

urchin vs child

child and urchin both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
child Yes No No No
urchin Yes No No No
As nouns, urchin is a hyponym of child; that is, urchin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than child:
  • child: a young person of either sex
  • urchin: poor and often mischievous city child
Other hyponyms of child include bairn, buster, changeling, child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child, foster-child, foster child, fosterling, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, kiddie, kiddy, orphan, peanut, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, poster child, kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler, silly, sprog, bambino, toddler, tot, yearling, street child, waif.
child (noun) urchin (noun)
a young person of either sex poor and often mischievous city child
a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
an immature childish person
a member of a clan or tribe
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