Doll vs Marionette - What's the difference?
doll | marionette |
A toy in the form of a human.
(informal) Used to refer to or address a woman.
(Australia) A term of endearment (ie. darling).
A puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.
* 1885 — (Gilbert and Sullivan),
(zoology) The buffel duck.
To control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate.
As nouns the difference between doll and marionette
is that doll is a toy in the form of a human while marionette is a puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.As verbs the difference between doll and marionette
is that doll is to cause to be more beautiful of attractive. See also doll up while marionette is to control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate.As a proper noun Doll
is a diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.doll
English
(wikipedia doll)Noun
(en noun)Hyponyms
* action figureDerived terms
* dollhouse, doll's house * doll's pram * doll up * dolly * Russian doll * sex dollSee also
* golliwog * puppet * teddy, teddy bear * ("doll" on Wikipedia) ----marionette
English
Noun
(en noun)- If you think we are worked by strings,
- Like a Japanese marionette ,
- You don't understand these things:
- It is simply Court etiquette.