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Statue vs Busto - What's the difference?

statue | busto |

As nouns the difference between statue and busto

is that statue is a three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting while busto is (dated) a bust; a statue.

As a verb statue

is to form a statue of; to make into a statue.

statue

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I will raise her statue in pure gold.
  • (dated) A portrait.
    • (Massinger)

    Hypernyms

    * image, sculpture, simulacrum

    Hyponyms

    * bust, figurine

    Derived terms

    * statued * statuelike * statuesque

    Related terms

    * statuary * statuette

    Verb

    (statu)
  • To form a statue of; to make into a statue.
  • * Feltham
    • The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth.

    Anagrams

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    busto

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (dated) A bust; a statue.
  • * Ashmole
    • With some antick bustoes in the niches.
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