nonage vs age

nonage and age both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nonage	Yes	No	No	No
age	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, age is a hypernym of nonage; that is, age is a word with a broader meaning than nonage:

nonage: any age prior to the legal age
age: a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises

Other hypernyms of nonage include legal status, eld.

nonage (noun)	age (noun)
any age prior to the legal age	how long something has existed
	a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
	a late time of life
	an era of history having some distinctive feature
	a prolonged period of time