Before mixing things up, what’s the difference between adulthood and maturity? By trying to explain this through metaphors, you could say that adulthood is the hardware in life while maturity is the software.

A computer is typical hardware, like age is typical adulthood. A Mac is a Mac, nothing else, and 72 years are 72 years, nothing else. On the software side, you can either use iCloud to store your files or Google, Dropbox, or OneDrive. Your maturity can be focused on experience, knowledge, skills, or a mix of them all.

In a nutshell, the difference between adulthood and maturity is between a stage of life characterized by physical and emotional growth and a state of mind that develops over time through experience, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence.

You can be an immature adult or a mature non-adult, while a mature adult is the most common combination. Thus, your age usually plays a role in your maturity.

"Maturity comes with experience, not age." - Ziad K. Abdelnour