What’s the Difference Between Adult and Mature?

[CadmarLegend]

As the title says, what’s the difference between the genres?

Here’s the definition for adult, as given by the genre page:

Contains mature content that is suitable only for adults. Titles in this category may include prolonged scenes of intense violence and/or graphic sexual content and nudity.

Here’s the definition for mature as given by the genre page:

Contains subject matter which may be too extreme for a younger audience. Content that deals with mature themes such as gore, sex, or violence.

Don’t the two overlap quite a bit?

 

[georgelee5786]

I have a feeling mature means like outright sex and organs hanging out of a dude. Adult might be like nudity, not necessarily sex, and blood and bones breaking. That's just my guess, though

 

[Agentt]

Usually, you want to use the Adult tag for stuff which is really meant for adults and mature tag for edgy teens wanting to feel special

 

[CadmarLegend]

I have a feeling mature means like outright sex and organs hanging out of a dude. Adult might be like nudity, not necessarily sex, and blood and bones breaking. That's just my guess, though

adult: Titles in this category may include prolonged scenes of intense violence and/or graphic sexual content and nudity.

 

[SailusGebel]

@AliceShiki we need your help.

 

[Agentt]

adult: Titles in this category may include prolonged scenes of intense violence and/or graphic sexual content and nudity.

Well, one difference is
Adult: Prolonged scenes of stuff
Mature: Deals with themes which are too much for my loli to see

 

[Corty]

Isn't adult stuff something that is 18+? Usually, meaning smut? Then Mature is not necessarily 18+ but expects the reader to have a more adult -hence mature- approach to some ideas, scenes, etc.

What I am getting at is that an adult makes it. You have to tick the content warning boxes on your novel, while the mature tag does not necessarily.

Or I am completely wrong with this.

 

[Domoviye]

Adult means really graphic violence and explicit sex scenes.
Mature means potentially graphic violence, no explicit sex scenes but close. Usually used for themes that are tough to handle, sexual and physical abuse, violence, war, things where the reader will be forced to think about uncomfortable subjects.

When in doubt remember, the Adult movie industry means pornography.

 

[DonHon]

Mator : your a big boy
Adul : S*X

 

[Paul_Tromba]

Semantics

 

[Bartun]

Just think of it in movie terms.

Mature: Fifty Shades of Grey.
Adult: Star Whores.

In the first you see the actors pretending to bang, in the second you see people outright banging.

You're welcome.

 

[georgelee5786]

adult: Titles in this category may include prolonged scenes of intense violence and/or graphic sexual content and nudity.

my eyes don't work

 

[Vnator]

Just think of it in movie terms.

Mature: Fifty Shades of Grey.
Adult: Star Whores.

In the first you see the actors pretending to bang, in the second you see people outright banging.

You're welcome.

50 shades is anything but mature. But I'd put mature as anything dealing with subject matter a younger reader won't be able to understand or appreciate as well, or with subject matter that's more disturbing or uncomfortable for younger readers.

 

[SailusGebel]

Adult: Star Whores.

 

[Anon2024]

-_-

Adult is based on physical age/physical development.

Mature is based on psychological development.

Adults Only - Indicates legally you can't do something.
Mature Only - Indicates content might be too extreme for those who are not used to it.

 

[Iamnotabot]

It's 1Am and i chose to open this. Well at least i learn something new.

 

[AliceShiki]

Supposedly, Adult is stuff with sex, while Mature is just stuff for Mature audiences or whatever. Like... Things that can be more psychological or something.

This isn't done well even in NU though, where Tags/Genres are added by users and mods can lock certain genres in certain novels when needed.

Here, where the author controls the genres? You can expect it Adult and Mature to be used kinda interchangeably.

... As for what's the theoretical difference between Adult and Smut? I honestly have no idea.

 

[SailusGebel]

As for what's the theoretical difference between Adult and Smut? I honestly have no idea.

 

[Domoviye]

... As for what's the theoretical difference between Adult and Smut? I honestly have no idea.

Smut: There WILL be explicit sex and lots of it.
Adult: There is a good chance there will be explicit sex, but not 100% and it's not the focus of the story.

 

[CupcakeNinja]

As the title says, what’s the difference between the genres?

Here’s the definition for adult, as given by the genre page:


Here’s the definition for mature as given by the genre page:


Don’t the two overlap quite a bit?

the difference is you'd let your kids watch Chainsaw Massacre but not A Serbian Film