Marionette vs. Martinet — What's the Difference?

A marionette (; French: marionnette, [ma.ʁjɔ.nɛt]) is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings depending on regional variations. A marionette's puppeteer is called a marionettist.

The martinet () is a punitive device traditionally used in France and other parts of Europe. The word also has other usages, described below.

A jointed puppet manipulated from above by strings or wires attached to its limbs.

A rigid military disciplinarian.

A puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.

One who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules.

(obsolete) The buffel duck.

(military) A strict disciplinarian.

(transitive) To control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate.

(figuratively) Anyone who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods or rules.

A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show.

A martin; a swift.

The buffel duck.

In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods.

A small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer

The martin.

Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms