Childlike vs Realistic - What's the difference?
childlike | realistic |
innocent and trustful; credulous; artless
of, like, or suitable for a child
Expressed or represented as being accurate.
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Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were.
As adjectives the difference between childlike and realistic
is that childlike is innocent and trustful; credulous; artless while realistic is expressed or represented as being accurate.childlike
English
Adjective
(en adjective)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 alsoDerived terms
* childlikenessReferences
* *realistic
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Adjective
(en adjective)- A ''realistic'' appraisal of the situation.
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- A ''realistic'' novel about the Victorian poor.