The difference between Cute and Sexy

When used as adjectives, cute means possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals, whereas sexy means having sexual appeal.


check bellow for the other definitions of Cute and Sexy

  1. Cute as an adjective:

    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.

    Examples:

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

  2. Cute as an adjective:

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

    Examples:

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

  3. Cute as an adjective:

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

    Examples:

    "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!"

  4. Cute as an adjective:

    Mentally keen or discerning (See also acute)

    Examples:

    "synonyms: clever shrewd"

    "Cute trick, but can you do it consistently?"

  1. Sexy as an adjective (of a person):

    Having sexual appeal; suggestive of sex.

    Examples:

    "The participants in the swimsuit competition are all very sexy."

  2. Sexy as an adjective:

    That can sexually attract or arouse.

    Examples:

    "She has a sexy voice!"

  3. Sexy as an adjective (of a thing or concept):

    interesting, attractive or appealing.

    Examples:

    "The manufacturers have launched a sexy new car."

    "We have some sexy ideas on how to improve sales."

    "Being an undertaker is not a sexy career."

  4. Sexy as an adjective (rare, slang):

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    Examples:

    "He didn't really like me; all he wanted was for me to be sexy with him."

  5. Sexy as an adjective (mathematics):

    Examples:

    "(73,79) is a sexy prime pair."