Homunculus vs. Midget — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Homunculus and Midget
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Definitions
Homunculus➦
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.
Midget➦
Midget (from midge, a sand fly) is a term for a person of unusually short stature that is considered by some to be pejorative. While not a medical term, it has been applied to persons of unusually short stature, often with dwarfism, a medical condition with a number of causes including achondroplasia, and particularly proportionate dwarfism.
Homunculus➦
A diminutive human.
Midget➦
(Offensive) An extremely small person who is otherwise normally proportioned.
Homunculus➦
A miniature, fully formed individual believed by adherents of the early biological theory of preformation to be present in the sperm cell.
Midget➦
A small or miniature version of something.
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Homunculus➦
A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm.
Midget➦
A class of small objects, as a class of very small sailboats or racing cars.
Homunculus➦
The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain.
Midget➦
Miniature; diminutive.
Homunculus➦
A little man; a dwarf; a manikin.
Midget➦
Belonging to a type or class much smaller than what is considered standard
A midget automobile.
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Homunculus➦
A person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
Midget➦
(originally) A little sandfly.
Although tiny and just two-winged, midgets can bite you till you itch all over your unprotected skin.
Homunculus➦
A tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
Midget➦
(loosely) Any small swarming insect similar to the mosquito; a midge.
Midget➦
A normally-proportioned person with small stature, usually defined as reaching an adult height less than 4'10".
Midget➦
Any short person.
Midget➦
(attributively) A small version of something; miniature.
The midget pony
Midget➦
A minute bloodsucking fly.
Midget➦
A very diminutive person having normal proportions of the body parts; compare dwarf.
Midget➦
A person who is abnormally small
Midget➦
Very small;
Diminutive in stature
A lilliputian chest of drawers
Her petite figure
Tiny feet
The flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy