juvenile vs minor

minor vs juvenile

juvenile and minor both are nouns.

juvenile and minor both are adjectives.

juvenile is not a verb while minor is a verb.

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

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

juvenile: a young person, not fully developed
minor: a young person of either sex

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

juvenile (noun)	minor (noun)
a young person, not fully developed	a young person of either sex

juvenile (adjective)	minor (adjective)
of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people	inferior in number or size or amount
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity	lesser in scope or effect
	not of legal age
	(of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees
	of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
	of lesser importance or stature or rank
	of lesser seriousness or danger
	of the younger of two boys with the same family name
	relatively moderate, limited, or small
	warranting only temporal punishment

juvenile (verb)	minor (verb)
	have as one's secondary field of study

Difference between juvenile and minor

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