What's the difference between puppyish and puppylike?

Puppyish


Definition:

  • (a.) Like a puppy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But Mr McBride was not a junior spin doctor, overstepping the mark out of puppyish zeal.
  • (2) At one point he got a little teary, but mostly he behaved like a 19-year-old who has just been handed the moon and stars: delighted, puppyish, grateful.
  • (3) But I must have been like an infuriating young Tony Blair, turning up with puppyish enthusiasm and encouraging these wrecked old hippies not to claim dole but to be self-sufficient in their west London squats."

Puppylike


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