What is the difference between figurine and statue?
figurine | statue | Hyponyms |
A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
* Shakespeare
(dated) A portrait.
To form a statue of; to make into a statue.
* Feltham
Statue is a hyponym of figurine.
As nouns the difference between figurine and statue
is that figurine is a small carved or molded figure; a statuette while statue is a three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.As a verb statue is
to form a statue of; to make into a statue.statue
English
Noun
(en noun)- I will raise her statue in pure gold.
- (Massinger)
Hypernyms
* image, sculpture, simulacrumHyponyms
* bust, figurineDerived terms
* statued * statuelike * statuesqueVerb
(statu)- The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth.
