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pachuco vs adolescent

adolescent vs pachuco

pachuco and adolescent both are nouns.

pachuco is not an adjective while adolescent is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pachuco Yes No No No
adolescent Yes Yes No No
As nouns, adolescent is a hypernym of pachuco; that is, adolescent is a word with a broader meaning than pachuco:
  • pachuco: a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes
  • adolescent: a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
Other hypernyms of pachuco include stripling, teen, teenager.
pachuco (noun) adolescent (noun)
a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
pachuco (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 pachuco and adolescent

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