juvenile vs ingenue

ingenue vs juvenile

juvenile and ingenue both are nouns.

juvenile is an adjective but ingenue is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
juvenile	Yes	Yes	No	No
ingenue	Yes	No	No	No

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

juvenile: a young person, not fully developed
ingenue: an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage)

Other hyponyms of juvenile include preteen, preteenager, adolescent, stripling, teen, teenager, child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster, spring chicken, young person, younker, youth.

juvenile (noun)	ingenue (noun)
a young person, not fully developed	the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play
	an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage)
	an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl

juvenile (adjective)	ingenue (adjective)
of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

Difference between juvenile and ingenue

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