Adjectives in the English language makes the context of a conversation interesting. Understanding a person’s physical personality has different adjectives to define it. These words at times determine the character of the person that we are talking about also. The two exciting adjectives that define a person in the physical and behavioural sense are Cute and Hot. On the surface level, it is easily understood as to what we mean if we use each of these words. But there are a few more crucial differences.
Cute vs Hot
The main difference between Cute and Hot is the age of the person that we usually refer to while using these words. The word ‘Cute’ mostly refers to kids, infants and young girls, while the word ‘Hot’ is referred to people who are teen and above. The word ‘Hot’ can be used gender irrespective too. It is evident from the fact that the words are mainly referring to the feminine gender. The word ‘cute’ while referring to the kids shall be gender irrespective.
The adjective ‘Cute’ is the word used to refer to pleasing physical appearance. It can be referring to attractiveness that a particular appearance can offer. Cute is the word used to indicate fun-spirited action that shall be good to see as well. A smart way of completing a task can also be called Cute in certain contexts while discussing the instance in the English language.
The adjective ‘Hot’ is the word used to refer to physical appearance that is overly attractive. This can be due to skimpy clothes worn by people too. The word is used to refer to people who have physical attributes that shall be enticing as well. This term is ideally used on women who are in the modeling industry. It is a fantasy that we can see such women in movies and magazines.
Comparison Table Between Cute and Hot
| Parameters of Comparison | Cute | Hot |
| Reference | Nature of a person and the looks. | Physical Attributes and looks. |
| Personality trait | Good, Pleasing and trustworthy at times. | Physically enticing and inducing. |
| Person referred | ‘Cute’ mainly refers to Kids and Women. | Women and Men at times when referred by Women themselves. |
| Flaunting Habits | Cute does not refer to any of those. | The word ‘Hot’ is used when a person flaunts her/his physical attributes. |
| Age Group | People with any age group can be called Cute. | The normal age group referred shall be adolescents and above. |
What is Cute?
The word ‘Cute’ is an enchanting one used to refer to a particular person whose actions or appearance is pleasing. The person whom we refer to as ‘Cute’ can be of normal looks, like a next-door girl or a boy. Cute is a fabulous word that intends to indicate positivity. In general, Cute is used to refer to any person who is adorable in terms of looks.
Cute is a word that is not restricted only to physical appearance. It can also be of a dress that a particular person wears. But, these words are more suitable when we call the babies’ Cute’. Of course, the rose lips of a kid and the innocent smile is indeed cute.
There are instances that we shall use the word Cute to refer to action too. If a girl next door is innocent, do some acts that are completely childlike and not harmful can be called cute. One must understand that the word ‘Cute’ is completely harmless and does not intend to refer to any wrong deeds of a person.
Imagine you encounter a person at a function or a party. If the person is cute, you get attracted only in a peaceful way. At times, this encounter can take the relationship to the next level as well. Cute is an out and out word that shall refer to a person’s personality trait too.
What is Hot?
The word Hot refers to a person’s physical structure. This word ‘Hot’ whole and truly refers to the looks and body appearance. Hot is used to refer to any person whose personality arouses carnal desires within you. Though the physical appearance can be called ‘Hot’, many times, the actions that are done by the person can also be called so.
The age of a person that we call ‘Hot’ is adolescent and above. We certainly do not call a Kid ‘Hot’. Anything that sounds and appears attractive can be called ‘Hot’ too. A girl with the red dress where the ‘Red Dress’ makes her look hot can be called so. The red dress is indeed hot.
Though the word ‘Hot’ has different meanings in different contexts, it always relates to a person’s physical appearance. A person can be hot in the way he/she dresses. It also refers to attractiveness, but the territorial discussion of being hot does not justify positivity in the conversation.
The meaning of the word is ambiguous in many instances as we seldom find hot people around. These people are often found in the media.
Main Differences Between Cute and Hot
- The main difference between Cute and Hot is the nature of the person that we are discussing. Cute refers to a more pleasing and admirable personality, while Hot refers to physically attracting beauty.
- Cute is indeed a word that spreads positivity as we describe someone or something, while Hot does not spread the positive factor but an underlying intention of physical admiration.
- Cute is the word best referred to when it is indicating a kid, and Hot is the word best referred to when it is indicating a woman or man.
- Cute can refer to a personality of a person to be smart and dynamic, while Hot refers to the personality as attractive.
- While cute is a word that can be used to refer to anyone of any age depending on their beauty or their actions, ‘Hot’ is used only on people who are adolescent and above.
Conclusion
It is entirely in the mindset to call a person cute and hot. As such, we can say ‘My girlfriend is cute’ to our parents but say ‘she is smoking hot’ to our friends. As this does not have better clarity to understand the meaning, but the words, when used, spread an aura. The aura spread by using the word ‘Cute’ is always pleasing than the word ‘Hot’.
These adjectives can deceive a person as the words are expressed based on the other person’s opinion. It might differ from one person to another. A kid looking cute can be ‘sweet’ for another person. The same goes good with the word ‘Hot’ as well. At times, it is an impulsive reaction that we intend to voice out these adjectives and many times, it shall be interesting during a conversation.
References
- https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3132515.3132520
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/007542426700100102?journalCode=enga