premature vs early

premature and early both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
premature	No	Yes	No	No
early	No	Yes	No	Yes

premature (adjective)	early (adjective)
born after a gestation period of less than the normal time	at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
uncommonly early or before the expected time	of an early stage in the development of a language or literature
too soon or too hasty	being or occurring at an early stage of development
	belonging to the distant past
	very young
	expected in the near future

premature (adverb)	early (adverb)
	before the usual time or the time expected
	during an early stage
	in good time