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Cute vs Gorgeous - What's the difference?

cute | gorgeous |

As adjectives the difference between cute and gorgeous

is that cute is possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior while gorgeous is (of a person or place) very beautiful.

cute

English

(wikipedia)

Adjective

(er)
  • Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
  • Our reaction to cute attributes is understood as the way nature ensures mammals care for their young.
  • Generally, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.
  • Let's go to the mall and look for cute girls.
    Emma is so damn cute .
  • Affected]] or contrived to charm; [[mince#Verb, mincingly clever; precious; cutesy.
  • The actor's performance was too cute for me. All that mugging to the audience killed the humor.
    Don't get cute with me, boy!
  • Mentally keen or discerning; clever; shrewd; see (acute).
  • Cute trick, but can you do it consistently?

    Derived terms

    * cuteness * cutely * cutesy * cutie * cute as a button * cute hoor

    gorgeous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a person or place) very beautiful.
  • All the contest judges agreed that Brigitt was absolutely gorgeous .
    The sunsets in Hawaii are gorgeous .
  • (rare) Very enjoyable, pleasant, tasty etc.
  • Israeli hummus is absolutely gorgeous .

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * gorgeously * gorgeousness

    See also

    * gorge