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Cinderella vs Princess - What's the difference?

cinderella | princess |

As a noun cinderella

is .

As a proper noun princess is

the title of a princess.

cinderella

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A popular fairy tale embodying a classic folk tale myth-element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward.
  • The main character in this story, a mistreated and impoverished girl. At a royal ball she meets a handsome prince who later identifies her with a dropped article, most commonly a slipper, and removes her from her poverty.
  • (rare)
  • Derived terms

    * Cinderellaesque * Cinderella story

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (by analogy) A mistreated and impoverished girl.
  • (attributive) Rising unexpectedly from obscurity to success, as a Cinderella team.
  • (attributive) Neglected and denied resources, as a Cinderella service.
  • (philately) A stamp or stamp-like label issued for purposes other than postal administration, not issued by a central government, or not listed in most general catalogues.
  • (rare, disparaging) A woman employed to clean, especially to remove ash from stoves and fireplaces.
  • References

    * L. N. and M. Williams, Cinderella Stamps , London, Heinemann, 1970

    princess

    Noun

    (es)
  • A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter.
  • * 1872 , George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin
  • She did not cry long, however, for she was as brave as could be expected of a princess of her age.
  • A woman or girl who excels in a given field or class.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.12:
  • And running all with greedie ioyfulnesse / To faire Irena, at her feet did fall, / And her adored with due humblenesse, / As their true Liege and Princesse naturall [...].
  • The wife of a prince; the female ruler of a principality.
  • Princess''' Grace was the '''Princess of Monaco.
  • A young girl; used as a term of endearment.
  • (derogatory, chiefly, US) A young girl or woman considered vain, spoiled or selfish; a prima donna.
  • You're a real princess .
  • A tinted crystal marble used in children's games.
  • A type of court card in the Tarot pack, coming between the 10 and the prince (Jack).
  • A female lemur.
  • Usage notes

    * Possessive forms: princess's'' (main form used by academics) ''The princess's golden hair.''; ''princess' '' (main form used by newspapers) ''The princess' golden hair. * A princess is usually styled “Her Highness”. A princess in a royal family is “Her Royal Highness”; in an imperial family “Her Imperial Highness”.

    Coordinate terms

    * prince

    Derived terms

    * crown princess * pavement princess * pearly princess * princess cut * princessification * princessipality * princessless * princesslike * princessliness * princessly * princess seam * princessy * unprincesslike

    See also

    * archduchess * duchess * grand duchess * highness * royal