Childish vs. Immature: Know the Difference

Of, relating to, or suitable for a child or childhood

Not fully grown or developed

Marked by or indicating a lack of maturity; puerile

Marked by or suggesting a lack of normal maturity

Of or suitable for a child.

An immature animal; a juvenile.

Immature in thought or behaviour.

Occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death).

Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child.

Not fully formed or developed; not grown.

Puerile; trifling; weak.

Childish in behavior; juvenile.

Indicating a lack of maturity;

An immature member of a species.

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

Premature; untimely; too early; as, an immature death.

Characteristic of a lack of maturity;

Lacking in development;

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth;

Not fully developed or mature; not ripe;

Not yet mature

(of birds) not yet having developed feathers;