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Glove vs Puppet - What's the difference?

glove | puppet |

As nouns the difference between glove and puppet

is that glove is an item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but allowing independent movement of the fingers while puppet is any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.

As a verb glove

is (baseball|transitive) to catch the ball in a baseball mitt.

glove

English

(wikipedia glove)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but allowing independent movement of the fingers.
  • A baseball mitt.
  • (baseball, figuratively) The ability to catch a hit ball.
  • (slang) A condom.
  • Verb

    (glov)
  • (baseball) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
  • He gloved the line drive for the third out.
  • To put on a glove.
  • Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.
  • (cricket) To touch a delivery with one's glove while the gloved hand is on the bat. Under the rules of cricket, the batsman is deemed to have hit the ball.
  • Derived terms

    * baseball glove * boxing glove * drop the gloves * fingerless glove * fit like a glove * given the glove * glovey * glovish * hand in glove * iron fist in a velvet glove * kid gloves * the gloves are off * velvet glove * work glove * deglove * gloved

    See also

    * gauntlet * handshoe * mitten * mitt

    Anagrams

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    puppet

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia puppet) (en noun)
  • Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.
  • (lb) A person, country, etc, controlled by another.
  • :(Sir Walter Scott)
  • :
  • (lb) A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll.
  • (lb) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
  • Derived terms

    * glove puppet * hand puppet * puppeteer * puppet government * puppetman * puppetmaster * puppet regime * puppet state * puppetry * puppet valve * shadow puppet * sock puppet