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Puppet vs Mannequin - What's the difference?

puppet | mannequin |

As nouns the difference between puppet and mannequin

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 mannequin is a dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes.

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

    mannequin

    English

    Alternative forms

    * manikin, mannikin

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes
  • A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery
  • An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching of e.g. CPR
  • A person who models clothes
  • See also

    * ("mannequin" on Wikipedia) ----