Clown vs Pierrot - What's the difference?
clown | pierrot |
A performance artist often associated with a circus and typically characterised by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig and who performs slapstick.
A person who acts in a silly fashion.
(UK) A stupid person.
(obsolete) A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor.
(obsolete) One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.
* Cowper
A character from French pantomime; a buffoon in a loose white outfit; a popular choice for a masquerade costume.
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As nouns the difference between clown and pierrot
is that clown is a performance artist often associated with a circus and typically characterised by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig and who performs slapstick while pierrot is alternative form of Pierrot|lang=en.As a verb clown
is to act in a silly fashion.As a proper noun Pierrot is
a character from French pantomime; a buffoon in a loose white outfit; a popular choice for a masquerade costume.clown
English
Noun
(wikipedia clown) (en noun)- (Sir Philip Sidney)
- The clown , the child of nature, without guile.
Synonyms
* (performance artist working in a circus) * (person who acts in a silly fashion) buffoon, foolDerived terms
* clown doctor * clownfish * clownishDerived terms
* clown about (British) * clown aroundSee also
* coulrophobia * jester * jackpudding ----pierrot
English
(wikipedia Pierrot)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- And he was attending that fancy-dress ball, mark you--not, like every other well-bred Englishman, as a Pierrot , but as Mephistopheles...
- "He said that the costume of Pierrot , while pleasing to the eye, lacked the authority of the Mephistopheles costume."