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schoolboy vs school-age child

school-age child vs schoolboy

schoolboy and school-age child both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
schoolboy Yes No No No
school-age child Yes No No No
As nouns, school-age child is a hypernym of schoolboy; that is, school-age child is a word with a broader meaning than schoolboy:
  • schoolboy: a boy attending school
  • school-age child: a young person attending school (up through senior high school)
Other hypernyms of schoolboy include boy, male child, adult male, man, pupil, schoolchild.
schoolboy (noun) school-age child (noun)
a boy attending school a young person attending school (up through senior high school)
Difference between schoolboy and school-age child

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