homunculus vs manikin

homunculus and manikin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
homunculus	Yes	No	No	No
manikin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, homunculus and manikin are synonyms defined as:

homunculus and manikin: a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal

Other synonyms of homunculus include mannikin.

homunculus (noun)	manikin (noun)
a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal	a life-size dummy used to display clothes
a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell	a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
	a woman who wears clothes to display fashions