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> childish and childlike childish and childlike both refer to someone being like a child but they are used in completely different contexts. Childish is used in a derogatory way about someone to indicate that he or she is acting like a child in an immature way, as in "Even" though she is 20 years old she has childish tantrums when she does not get her own way" and "childish handwriting for an adult". Childlike is a term of approval or a complimentary term used to describe something that has some of the attractive qualities of childhood, as in "She has a childlike enthusiasm for picnics" and "He has a childlike trust in others". Pour éviter fautes de grammaire, contresens et confusions. The English Usage Dictionary est le parfait complément des dictionnaires bilingues, du dictionnaire de définitions anglaises et du Thesaurus. Ce dictionnaire signale toutes les difficultés que recèle l'usage d'un mot: orthographe, grammaire, prononciation, homonymies, etc. Exemple d'article du dictionnaire English Usage Dictionary