What is the difference between child like and childish?

Question:

What is the difference between child like and childish?

mind boggling?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

child like simply means having qualities of a child such as innocence ,honesty and things like that WHEREAS
childish refers to a adult who behaves in such a way that it does not potary its maturity but immaturity and ends up loosing his/her identity