Puppet vs Marionette - What's the difference?
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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 puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.
* 1885 — (Gilbert and Sullivan),
(zoology) The buffel duck.
To control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate.
Marionette is a related term of puppet.
As nouns the difference between puppet and marionette
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 marionette is a puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.As a verb marionette is
to control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate.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 puppetmarionette
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(en noun)- If you think we are worked by strings,
- Like a Japanese marionette ,
- You don't understand these things:
- It is simply Court etiquette.
