different between juvenile vs junior

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iuven?lis (“youthful; juvenile”), from iuvenis (“young; a youth”) + -?lis (“suffix forming adjectives indicating a relationship or a pertaining to”). Iuvenis is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h?yuh?en- (“young”), from *h?óyu (“long life; lifetime”) (from *h?ey- (“age; life”)) + *h?én (“in”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?u?v?na?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?u?v?na?l/, /?d?u?v?n?l/
• Hyphenation: ju?ven?ile

Adjective

juvenile (comparative more juvenile, superlative most juvenile)

1. Young; not fully developed.
2. Characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish.

   Synonyms: (colloquial) juvey, milky, puerile; see also Thesaurus:childish

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Noun

juvenile (plural juveniles)

1. A prepubescent child.
2. A person younger than the age of majority; a minor.

   Synonyms: (dated) infant, (colloquial) juvie
3. (criminal law) A person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility, such that the person either cannot be held criminally liable or is subject to less severe forms of punishment.
4. (literature) A publication for young adult readers.
5. (theater) An actor playing a child's role.
6. (zoology) A sexually immature animal.
7. A two-year-old racehorse.
   • 1972, Edward Samuel Montgomery, The Thoroughbred (page 449)

     Even more incredible is the legion of two-year-olds who win handsomely as juveniles and then disappear from the racetrack.

   • 2005, Ken McLean, Designing Speed in the Racehorse (page 206)

     Professional trainers foster young horses with obvious potential. Instance the way Sir Michael Stoute uses patience to bring along his two-year-old colts and fillies at Newmarket, or the careful approach taken with juveniles by that wonderful conditioner Charlie Whittingham in California.

   • 2012, Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing (page 6)

     Thereafter, males aged two to four are colts, females are fillies, racing two-year-olds are sometimes referred to as juveniles, and animals still running at five, the age of thoroughbred maturity, or older, are horses or mares according to gender.

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Further reading

• juvenile (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Adjective

juven?le

1. nominative neuter singular of juven?lis
2. accusative neuter singular of juven?lis
3. vocative neuter singular of juven?lis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin junior, a contraction of iuvenior (“younger”) which is the comparative of iuvenis (“young”); see juvenile.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?u?n??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?unj?/
• Rhymes: -u?ni?(?)
• Hyphenation: ju?nior

Adjective

junior (not generally comparable, comparative more junior, superlative most junior)

1. (comparable) Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
2. (not comparable, often preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.
3. (not comparable) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
   • 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici

     Though our first Studies and junior Endeavours may stile us Peripateticks, Stoicks, or Academicks, yet I perceive the wisest Heads prove at last, almost all Scepticks […]

4. (not comparable, chiefly US) Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.

Alternative forms

• juniour (obsolete)

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Noun

junior (plural juniors)

1. A younger person.
   • 1922, Angela Brazil, Monitress Merle

     Miss Mitchell would certainly be most relieved to have a monitress who was capable of organising the juniors at games.

   • 1939 P. G. Wodehouse, "Uncle Fred in the Springtime":

     The last man I met who was at school with me, though some years my junior, had a long white beard and no teeth.

2. A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr., Jr., Jun.).
3. (chiefly US) A third-year student at a high school or university.
4. (law) A junior barrister.

Antonyms

• senior

Translations

Further reading

• junior at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin junior, juniorem; Doublet of geindre. Cf. also the inherited Old French oblique case gignor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?y.nj??/

Noun

junior m or f (plural juniors)

1. (sports) junior

Adjective

junior (plural juniors)

1. junior (all senses)

See also

• juveigneur

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iunior (“younger”), from Latin iuvenis (“young”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?junijor]
• Hyphenation: ju?ni?or
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

junior

1. (sports) junior

Declension

Synonyms

• ifjúsági

References

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin junior, i?nior, from Proto-Italic *juwenj?s, from *juwenis + *-j?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d??u?ni?r]
• Hyphenation: ju?ni?or

Adjective

junior

1. young

   Synonyms: anom, belia, mentah, muda, remaja, yuvenil, yuwana

2. junior.

Alternative forms

• yunior

Antonyms

• senior

Further reading

• “junior” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Adjective

j?nior (neuter j?nius, positive juvenis); third declension

1. Alternative form of i?nior

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

References

• junior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press