assistant vs mannequin

mannequin vs assistant

assistant and mannequin both are nouns.

assistant is an adjective but mannequin is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
assistant	Yes	Yes	No	No
mannequin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mannequin is a hyponym of assistant; that is, mannequin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than assistant:

assistant: a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
mannequin: a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

Other hyponyms of assistant include coadjutor, accomplice, confederate, aide, auxiliary, attendant, attender, tender, bat boy, dental assistant, deputy, lieutenant, actor's assistant, dresser, event planner, facilitator, flower girl, girl Friday, enforcer, hatchet man, cat's-paw, instrument, pawn, birthing coach, doula, labor coach, monitrice, underboss, fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannikin, model, model, poser, paraprofessional, powder monkey, prompter, theater prompter, chief assistant, man Friday, right-hand man, secretarial assistant, secretary, sidesman, foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary, underling, water boy, waterer, whipper-in, boy Friday.

assistant (noun)	mannequin (noun)
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose	a life-size dummy used to display clothes
	a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

assistant (adjective)	mannequin (adjective)
of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

Difference between assistant and mannequin

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