juvenile person vs teen

teen vs juvenile person

juvenile person and teen both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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

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

juvenile person (adjective)	teen (adjective)
	being of the age 13 through 19

Difference between juvenile person and teen

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