Puppet vs Vessel - What's the difference?
puppet | vessel |
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.
(nautical) Any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat.
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A container of liquid, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher.
A person as a container of qualities or feelings.
* Bible, Acts ix. 15
* Milton
* Dolly Parton, The Seeker lyrics:
(biology) A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.
(obsolete) To put into a vessel.
As nouns the difference between puppet and vessel
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 vessel is (nautical) any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat.As a verb vessel is
(obsolete|transitive) to put into a vessel.puppet
English
Noun
(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 puppetvessel
English
Noun
(en noun)- But my hope was, that if I stood along this coast till I came to that part where the English traded, I should find some of their vessels upon their usual design of trade, that would relieve and take us in.
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- He is a chosen vessel unto me.
- [The serpent] fit vessel , fittest imp of fraud, in whom to enter.
- I am a vessel that’s empty and useless / I am a bad seed that fell by the way.
- Blood or lymph vessels''' in humans, xylem or phloem '''vessels in plants .
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* broken vessel * empty vessels make the most sound * lightvessel * microvessel * pressure vessel * reaction vessel * unvessel * weaker vesselVerb
- (Francis Bacon)