Difference between Mannikin and Mannequin

What is the difference between Mannikin and Mannequin?

Mannikin as a noun is any of several asiatic passerine birds of the genus mannikin while Mannequin as a noun is a dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes

Mannikin

Part of speech: noun

Definition: any of several Asiatic passerine birds of the genus Mannikin

Mannequin

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothesA jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of draperyAn anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching of e.g. CPRA person who models clothes

We hope you now know whether to use Mannikin or Mannequin in your sentence.

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