manikin vs homunculus

manikin and homunculus both are nouns.

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

As nouns, manikin and homunculus are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of manikin include mannikin.

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