Child and Preteen

Child

Child noun - A young person who is between infancy and adulthood.
Usage example: an imaginative animated film that appeals to adults as well as to children

Preteen and child are semantically related. in very young person topic. In some cases you can use "Preteen" instead a noun "Child".

Preteen

Preteen noun - A preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age).
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Synonyms for Preteen

Child and preteen are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Child" instead a noun "Preteen".

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / EXA_PICO Incarnates such as Sarly and Cass stop aging as soon as they're Incarnated, which does cause the two of them some frustration as the former looks like a child or preteen and the latter looks like a teenager (they're both around 21).
  • Badass Adorable / Real Life At the elite level, training comes first in life, up to eight hours a day, 5-6 days a week, even as a child and preteen.
  • Film / Child Bride A repatriated native of the Ozarks herself, she is determined to stop the practice of child marriage, in which older men marry teen or preteen girls.
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