What is the distinction between worldly and godly sorrow?

Both worldly and godly sorrow could look the same on the outside. One could even shed tears and appear to be sorrowful but never truly repent. This sorrow would be rooted in the fact that they were found out or they feel guilty for what they have done. Worldly sorrow could bring about the shedding of tears but without a hunger for righteousness.

In the life of an individual who demonstrates worldly repentance, there is not a radical change that takes place. There is no stopping of what we’ve been doing and turning and going to Christ. 

2 Corinthians 7:10 (NKJV) – “For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.”

There's a great difference between worldly sorrow and biblical repentance. Both of them could possibly look very similar. One could even shed tears and never be repenting, but just living in sorrow. And that sorrow shows itself perhaps as being more embarrassed that someone caught me or someone found me out or someone knows that that I've done something that is not acceptable or morally good. So it can bring a level of sorrow that could bring us to tears but never adjust the desire for hunger and thirsting after righteousness.

It just stops us in the moment, and there's no radical change that takes place. There's no stopping what we've been doing and turning and going to Christ.