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Putti vs Cherub - What's the difference?

putti | cherub |

As nouns the difference between putti and cherub

is that putti is irregular plural of putto while cherub is a winged creature represented over 90 times in the Bible as attending on God, later seen as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim. First mention is in.

putti

English

Noun

(putto) (head)
  • (putto)
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    putto

    English

    Noun

    (putti)
  • A representation, in a work of art (especially Renaissance or Baroque), of a small, naked, winged child; a cherub.
  • *2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 14:
  • *:The walls have ranks of white marble niches capped by huge marble scallops, and flanked by urns and flowers, drapes and putti .
  • Synonyms

    * amoretto

    See also

    * cupid

    Anagrams

    * ----

    cherub

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A winged creature represented over 90 times in the Bible as attending on God, later seen as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim. First mention is in Genesis 3:24
  • A statue or other depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a winged child.
  • (figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly innocent or angelic.
  • Derived terms

    * cherubic

    Synonyms

    * (winged child) cupid, putto, amoretto * (innocent or angelic person) angel, innocent