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Puppet vs Figurehead - What's the difference?

puppet | figurehead |

As nouns the difference between puppet and figurehead

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 figurehead is (nautical) a carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship.

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

    Related terms

    * marionette * muppet

    figurehead

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia figurehead) (en noun)
  • (nautical) A carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship.
  • (by extension) Someone in a nominal position of leadership who has no actual power; a front or front man.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=2 citation , passage=Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead , but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity.}}