A pedophile is someone who is sexually attracted to children, whether on not he/she acts on that desire in any way.
A child molester is someone who actually engages in inappropriate sexual activity with a child.
A child molester may or may not be a pedophile, for what it's worth (one may molest a child for reasons other than sexual attraction - even when you look at rape of adults, in many/most cases sexual attraction is not the primary motivation of the rapist[0]).
A child molester is someone who actually engages in inappropriate sexual activity with a child.
A child molester may or may not be a pedophile, for what it's worth (one may molest a child for reasons other than sexual attraction - even when you look at rape of adults, in many/most cases sexual attraction is not the primary motivation of the rapist[0]).
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation_for_rape