juvenile person vs adolescent

adolescent vs juvenile person

juvenile person and adolescent both are nouns.

juvenile person is not an adjective while adolescent is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
juvenile person	Yes	No	No	No
adolescent	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

juvenile person: a young person, not fully developed
adolescent: a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

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

juvenile person (noun)	adolescent (noun)
a young person, not fully developed	a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

juvenile person (adjective)	adolescent (adjective)
	relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent
	in the state of development between puberty and maturity
	displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
	being of the age 13 through 19

Difference between juvenile person and adolescent

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