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Childlike vs Immature - What's the difference?

childlike | immature |

As adjectives the difference between childlike and immature

is that childlike is innocent and trustful; credulous; artless while immature is not fully formed or developed, unripe, not mature.

childlike

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • innocent and trustful; credulous; artless
  • of, like, or suitable for a child

    • Quotations

    * 1859 : , Pestalozzi and Pestalozzianism *: And on the other hand, fatherly and childlike feelings in the national spirit, are the sources of all pure national blessings. * 1894 : , Lessings Nathan Der Weise *: He certainly has childlike simplicity, and all the qualities which go to make up a true Christian character.

    Synonyms

    * childish * childly * See also

    Derived terms

    * childlikeness

    Related terms

    * child * childishly * childishness

    References

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    immature

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not fully formed or developed, unripe, not mature.
  • Silly or childish in behavior, not mature.
    • You're only young once, but you can be immature the rest of your life.
  • * .
    • The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.

    Related terms

    * mature * immaturity ----