Cute:
Cute is the one who have pleasing and youthful appearance. It is an appreciable thing. It specifies someone’s features, nature and habit.
Adorable:
Adorable is the one which is very delightful and attractive. It reflects the charm and difference of a person.
Differences:
| Basis | Cute | Adorable |
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| Definition (www.oxforddictionaries.com) | Attractive in a pretty or endearing way | Inspiring great affection or delight |
| Features | Cute is just pure beauty with sweetness and kindness. In fact, it is not necessary that a cute person must have highly attractive features with splendid beauty, however, purity, sweetness and simplicity is the criteria of calling a person “cute”. Cute refers to the prettiness, sexiness and gorgeousness. | Adorable is the word used to describe very pleasant beauty without any cleverness or artificial delightfulness. This is concerned with the real affections and feelings related to the actual quality which anyone possesses. |
| Synonyms | Charming, delightful, pleasing, nice, alluring | Cute, loveable, darling, delightful, delicious |
| Antonyms | Ugly, unappealing, offensive, serious, sincere, open | Hateful, disgusting, horrible, nasty, monstrous |
| Also reflects | It also reflects someone as sexy and with a flirty point of view. | Here it does not mean sexy and is also not taken in a flirty point of view, it reflects the charm. |
| Word origin | The word cute was originated from early 18th century (in the sense ‘clever, shrewd’): shortening of acute. | The word adorable was originated from Early 17th century (in the sense ‘worthy of divine worship’): from French, from Latin adorabilis, from the verb adorare (see adore). |
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