Difference between Precocious and Gifted

PRECOCIOUS vs GIFTED: ADJECTIVE

Appearing or developing early
Manifesting or characterized by development, aptitude, or interests considered advanced for a given age.
Blossoming before the appearance of leaves.
Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed.
Characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)
Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity.
Exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age.
Developed more than is natural or usual at a given age; exceeding what is to be expected of one's years; too forward; -- used especially of mental forwardness

Showing a natural aptitude for something
Endowed with great natural ability, intelligence, or talent.
Revealing special talent.
Having unusual talent in some field.
Having exceptionally high intelligence; -- said of children, especially in discourse on education.
Endowed with special, in particular intellectual, abilities.
Endowed with talent or talents

In biology, present in an egg or embryo at a very early stage in an imperceptible condition; present before becoming manifest.
Noting birds that, like chickens, are able to run about as soon as hatched; precocial. See Præcoces.
Ripe before the natural time.
Ripe in understanding at an early period; prematurely developed; forward: as, a precocious child; precocious faculties.
Indicative of precocity; characteristic of early maturity; anticipative of greater age; premature.
In botany, appearing before the leaves: said of flowers.

Endowed by nature with any power or faculty; furnished with any particular talent; specifically, largely endowed with intellect.

Pseudopuberty, Grown up, Prudent, Careful, Cautious, Premature, Adult, Puberty, Mature, Grownup, Teenage, Advanced, Early, Talented, Gifted

Awesome, Ingenious, Capable, Smart, Accomplished, Deft, Talent, Clever, Endowed, Prodigy, Genius, Skilled, Brilliant, Precocious, Talented

Gawky, Grown up, Prudent, Careful, Cautious, Premature, Adult, Puberty, Mature, Grownup, Teenage, Advanced, Early, Talented, Gifted

Awesome, Ingenious, Capable, Smart, Accomplished, Deft, Talent, Clever, Endowed, Prodigy, Genius, Skilled, Brilliant, Precocious, Talented

In the New Yorker version, precocious children play Monopoly.
Evaluation of Risks and Factors linked to Precocious Puberty.
LH is a useful initial test for precocious puberty.
The oak trees, in particular, were precocious plants.
Idiopathic central precocious puberty in girls: presentation factors.
Central precocious puberty in girls with Williams syndrome.
The other choices do not induce precocious puberty.
Levels in Girls with Idiopathic Central Precocious Puberty.
Hill had always been precocious and loved music.
Why this process begins early in some children depends on whether they have central precocious puberty or peripheral precocious puberty.

Highly gifted students will need different options than mildly or moderately gifted students.
Students who are gifted should not be withdrawn from gifted seices solely due to behavioralconcernsunderachievementthosemaysignsadditionalneeds for support.
Here was a wide, too gifted for the gifted program, figuring he might need it again soon.
These groups of gifted students are then taught by a teacher specially trained to teach gifted learners.
Gifted: Specially designed instruction must be listed for students with disabilities who are also gifted.
Three years of successfully teaching academically gifted, three hours of practicum for academically gifted or internship working with academically gifted for college credit.
Serving the gifted dyslexic and gifted at risk.
The Canes are gifted with two offensively gifted guards.
In his longitudinal study of gifted children, who became known as the Termites, Terman found that gifted children become gifted adults.
Gifted students may be gifted in one content area and not gifted in other areas.