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Effigy vs Statuette - What's the difference?

effigy | statuette |

As nouns the difference between effigy and statuette

is that effigy is a dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated while statuette is a small statue, usually applied to a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta or the like.

effigy

English

Noun

(effigies)
  • a dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.
  • a likeness of a person.

    • Synonyms

    * (a likeness of a person) figure, image, picture

    statuette

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small statue, usually applied to a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta or the like.

    • See also

    * figurine ----