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Childish vs Infantine - What's the difference?

childish | infantine |

As adjectives the difference between childish and infantine

is that childish is of or suitable for a child while infantine is infantile; childish.

childish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or suitable for a child.
  • Behaving immaturely.
  • Your childish temper tantrums are not going to change my decision on this matter.

    Synonyms

    * (behaving immaturely) infantile, immature, silly, unbecoming, juvenile

    infantine

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Infantile; childish.
  • *1840 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ‘The Colloquy of Monos and Una’:
  • *:Man, because he could not but acknowledge the majesty of Nature, fell into childish exultation at his acquired and still-increasing dominion over her elements. Even while he stalked a God in his own fancy, an infantine imbecility came over him.