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Puppet vs Quisling - What's the difference?

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Puppet is a related term of quisling.


As a noun 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 proper noun quisling is

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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

    Related terms

    * marionette * muppet

    quisling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative) A traitor who collaborates with the enemy.
  • * 1993 , :
    • The man she cherishes, the man she butterfly-kisses, the man she sleeps curved around like two spoons in a drawer. It is he who is evil, he who is sworn to destroy her, an emotional quisling of the first water.
    (English Citations of "quisling")

    Synonyms

    * (traitor) collaborator, traitor, rat

    Derived terms

    * quisle (verb, a back-formation) * quisling-hearted * quislingism * quislingize, quislingized * quisling-minded * quisling-style

    See also

    * fifth column English eponyms English terms derived from Norwegian ----