Beautiful vs. Cute

Beautiful vs. Cute — Is There a Difference?

Difference Between Beautiful and Cute

Beautifuladjective

Having qualities that delight or appeal to the senses and often the mind.

Cuteadjective

Attractive or pretty in a youthful or dainty way

a cute puppy.a child wearing a cute outfit.

Beautifuladjective

Excellent; wonderful

hit a beautiful shot from the tee.

Cuteadjective

Sexually attractive; good-looking

a cute boyfriend.

Beautifulinterjunction

Used to express approval or delight.

Cuteadjective

Obviously contrived to charm; precious

"[He] mugs so ferociously he kills the humor—it's an insufferably cute performance" (David Ansen).

Beautifuladjective

Attractive and possessing beauty.

Anyone who has ever met her thought she was absolutely beautiful.There's a beautiful lake by the town.

Cuteadjective

Clever or witty, especially in an impertinent or evasive way, as in falsely suggesting that one is ignorant about the matter at hand.

Beautifuladjective

(of the weather) Pleasant; clear.

It's beautiful outside, let's go for a walk.

Cuteadjective

Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.

Our reaction to cute attributes is understood as the way nature ensures mammals care for their young.

Beautifuladjective

Well executed.

The skater performed a beautiful axel.

Cuteadjective

Generally, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.

Let's go to the mall and look for cute girls.

Beautifuladjective

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration;

a beautiful childbeautiful countrya beautiful paintinga beautiful theorya beautiful party

Cuteadjective

Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy.

The actor's performance was too cute for me. All that mugging to the audience killed the humor.Don't get cute with me, boy!

Beautifuladjective

aesthetically pleasing

Cuteadjective

Mentally keen or discerning (See also acute)

Cute trick, but can you do it consistently?

Beautifuladjective

(of weather) highly enjoyable;

what a beautiful day

Cuteadjective

attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness;

a cute kid with pigtailsa cute little apartmentcunning kittensa cunning baby

Cuteadjective

obviously contrived to charm;

an insufferably precious performancea child with intolerably cute mannerisms