Puppet vs Automaton - What's the difference?
puppet | automaton |
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)
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(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.
A machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.
A person who acts like a machine or robot, often defined as having a monotonous lifestyle and lacking in emotion.
A formal system, such as finite automaton.
A toy in the form of a mechanical figure.
As nouns the difference between puppet and automaton
is that 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 while automaton is a machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.puppet
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(wikipedia puppet) (en noun)Derived terms
* glove puppet * hand puppet * puppeteer * puppet government * puppetman * puppetmaster * puppet regime * puppet state * puppetry * puppet valve * shadow puppet * sock puppetautomaton
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(wikipedia automaton)Noun
(en-noun)- Due to her strict adherence to her daily schedule, Jessica was becoming more and more convinced that she was an automaton .
- A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for a second, that second for a third, and so on 'til the bulk of the society is reduced to be mere automatons of misery, to have no sensibilities left but for sinning and suffering. - Thomas Jefferson