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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