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school-age child vs schoolboy

schoolboy vs school-age child

school-age child and schoolboy both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
school-age child Yes No No No
schoolboy Yes No No No
As nouns, schoolboy is a hyponym of school-age child; that is, schoolboy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than school-age child:
  • school-age child: a young person attending school (up through senior high school)
  • schoolboy: a boy attending school
Other hyponyms of school-age child include boarder, day boarder, latchkey child.
school-age child (noun) schoolboy (noun)
a young person attending school (up through senior high school) a boy attending school
Difference between school-age child and schoolboy

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