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Young vs. Youthful
Young
/jʌŋ/Examples:
Young people like popular music.Miss Jessie Brown was ten years younger and twenty times prettier.I am the youngest.'
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Youthful
/ˈjuːθfəl/Examples:
The artist has a youthful perspective on modern life.Her youthful laughter echoed through the garden.His youthful energy was contagious to everyone around.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Young is a more general term often used for children, teenagers, or anything early in development.
- Youthful has a connotation of vigor or appearance, and is often used to describe someone who looks or acts younger than their age.
- Young can be used for both living things and abstract concepts, like a young technology.
- Youthful implies having qualities associated with youth, like energy.
- Remember that young is about age, while youthful is about characteristics and qualities.
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