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“Adolescence” or “Adolescents”

adolescence / adolescents are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

adolescence AE·d·ah·l·EH·s·ah·n·s

  • nounthe time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood.
  • nounin the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood.

adolescents AE·d·ah·l·EH·s·ah·n·t·s

  • nouna juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity.
Usage

Examples in context

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“adolescence”

  • intimate documentation of his unique adolescence, during a period of struggle
  • of personality includes development through adolescence.
  • of Michael Weidt's childhood and adolescence were in several important ways
  • retardation) when given stimulants; in adolescence the overactivity tends to be
  • 1970s with The Case Against Adolescence.
  • drawings, such as mass media, adolescence, cruelty and gay erotica.
  • different adult women throughout his adolescence, between the ages of 9
  • Fire), #10-13 Age (Youth, Infancy, Adolescence, Old age), #14-18 Senses (Taste,
  • #11-14 Ages (Old age, Youth, Adolescence, Infancy), #15-19 Senses (Taste, Touch,
  • Adolescence, June 22, 2004

“adolescents”

  • Young people and adolescents are the main targets for
  • limited data on children and adolescents, lack of attention to the
  • main room, while children and adolescents slept in less substantial rooms
  • over 30.000 adolescents that have died battling for
  • The period during which adolescents were judged as desirable extended
  • in healthy school children and adolescents living at high altitude.
  • that serve war-affected children and adolescents through music education and performance
  • is to prevent delinquency among adolescents in Côte-des-Neiges.
  • clinical work with children and adolescents exposed to sexual abuse, violence
  • from home with children and adolescents.

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