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Youthful vs Childlike - What's the difference?

youthful | childlike |

As adjectives the difference between youthful and childlike

is that youthful is young or seeming young while childlike is innocent and trustful; credulous; artless.

youthful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Young or seeming young.
  • Characteristic of young people.

    • Synonyms

    * lively * sprightly * spry * young

    Derived terms

    * youthful river

    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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