Cognitive and cultural embeddedness: combining institutional economics and economic sociology
According to this, pederasty is sexual relations between two males, especially when one of them is a minor. Other definitions, like the one that JSBangs found, differ slightly. But otherwise, I think you answered the question yourself: pedophile refers to the attraction, while pederasty refers to the act itself.
pederast. A word derived from the combination of pais (greek for boy) and erastis (Greek for lover; often times sexual). Used incorrectly in the media as another word for pedophilia, pederasty is commonly confused for the obsession or desire for child pornography.Pederasty is defined as generally anal intercourse between a man of undetermined older age and a male who is underage, as the restrictions apply in his area.ederasty was used as a moral and educational institution in ancient Greece. In more recent times it has been brought down to ideas of demorilization and mental dysfunction. Lack of information on said subject often time brings fear of the unknown.