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maturity vs adulthood

adulthood vs maturity

maturity and adulthood both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
maturity Yes No No No
adulthood Yes No No No
As nouns, adulthood is a hyponym of maturity; that is, adulthood is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than maturity:
  • maturity: state of being mature; full development
  • adulthood: the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity
Other hyponyms of maturity include ripeness, youth, post-maturity, post-menopause.
As nouns, maturity and adulthood are synonyms defined as:
  • maturity and adulthood: the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
maturity (noun) adulthood (noun)
state of being mature; full development the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity
the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
the date on which an obligation must be repaid
Difference between maturity and adulthood

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