Homunculus vs. Human — What's the Difference?

A homunculus (UK: hom-UNK-yuul-əs, US: hohm-, Latin: [hɔˈmʊŋkʊlʊs]; "little person") is a representation of a small human being. Popularized in sixteenth-century alchemy and nineteenth-century fiction, it has historically referred to the creation of a miniature, fully formed human.

Humans (Homo sapiens) are the most abundant and widespread species of primates, characterized by bipedality and large, complex brains enabling the development of advanced tools, culture and language. Humans are highly social beings and tend to live in complex social structures composed of many cooperating and competing groups, from families and kinship networks to political states.

A diminutive human.

Relating to or characteristic of humankind

A miniature, fully formed individual believed by adherents of the early biological theory of preformation to be present in the sperm cell.

A human being.

A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm.

A member of the primate genus Homo, especially a member of the species Homo sapiens, distinguished from other apes by a large brain and the capacity for speech.

The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain.

A person

A little man; a dwarf; a manikin.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of humans

A person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal

Having or showing those positive aspects of nature and character regarded as distinguishing humans from other animals

A tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell

Subject to or indicative of the weaknesses, imperfections, and fragility associated with humans

Having the form of a human.

Made up of humans

(notcomp) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.

(comparable) Having the nature or attributes of a human being.

(narrowly) The tallest, most abundant and most intelligent of primates; Homo sapiens.

(broadly) Any hominid of the genus Homo.

(rare) To behave as or become, or to cause to behave as or become, a human.

Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human shape; human nature; human sacrifices.

A human being.

A human being;

Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae

Characteristic of humanity;

Relating to a person;

Having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings;