What is the difference between pretty, cute, and beautiful?

[Kelly6]

[Lliam]

I don't know. I guess my general, personal opinion is that cute means youthful and sort of baby faced. It also has to with facial expressions a girlish behavior. Cute girls/women are fit and slender but round in all the right places. I find them to be the most beautiful and charming. And they can be breathtakingly gorgeous when all dressed up for a special occasion.

Beautiful is usually a reference to more mature women with slimmer faces and high cheek bones who wear makeup and fashionable clothes. They are no longer cure so they go for glamor and a more sultry vibe.
For me, though, most celebrities who are praised as beautiful aren't all that. If it weren't for their makeup, clothes and image, they would be plain.
And average women who shoot for "beautiful" usually spend too much money on themselves, use too much makeup, and are into materialism/consumerism. They are looking for guys who will spend money on them.

Then again, there are some examples of regular girls who are gifted with extraordinary physical beauty and aren't stuck up about it,

But beautiful can also be a reference to a person's inner spirit.

Pretty refers to physical features and is a complement. Pretty covers a lot of ground and can apply to a variety of figures. It means feminine and good looking but it is not the same as gorgeous. I think pretty women are great. Pretty women should be proud of their looks. Fuck "beautiful".

In the end, these terms are subjective to a great degree.

[SamIam96]

It's funny how many words we have to describe a person's looks. I definitely have different meanings for each word. It's difficult to pin down but I'll try.

• Pretty is a generally attractive face.
• Cute is also attractive in a more sensual or seductive way. I think that cute is mostly about the person's face but their body can also be cute.
• Beautiful is a superlatively attractive face. Again, the body is less important. I know some genuinely beautiful women with ok bodies.
• Glamorous is a beautiful face with an excellent body. Although, to me a woman with a beautiful face is more attractive than a glamorous face.
• Stunning is a combination of cute and beautiful. When I see a stunning woman I literally can't resist looking at her.
• Sexy is mostly about an attractive body although people can do sexy things with their faces. I have a friend like that when she licks an ice cream cone.
• Hot is a person that exudes sensuality. More about a great body than face.

There must be more words. Still, that was fun. If I were more ambitions, I'd have included pics to illustrate. Maybe another time.

[OlderAndWiser]

Cute - attractive in a youthful and innocent way

Pretty - attractive in a mature way, but not necessarily at the level that wins beauty pageants. A pretty girl might appear to be very approachable and open to normal conversations.

Beautiful - attractive in a way that looks so exotic, so much like a celebrity that men assume she sees herself as a prize, as a woman who assumes she is out of "our league."

[JennaWillow]

Cute is more youthful/mousy features, Beautiful is more refined/sharper features, Pretty is the middle zone, standard attractive features that don't lean particularly one way or the other

[NathanDavis]

pretty is more of a broad notion of something attractive...

cute is more of an specific trait linked to "rounded or soft" features

beautiful is a more remarkable and striking feature in particular...

[LiamJHayden]

Tough one. To me:

Pretty: attractive, but I'm not interested in that way

Cute: attractive, but too young for my tastes

Beautiful: the total package, primarily her soul.

[MrChinaski]

Beautiful>Pretty.

Cute=Pretty+Young

[msc545]

Pretty is attractive. Cute is too young, and beautiful is scary.

[LiamS95]

Not a whole lot, it's just someone's opinion.

[MrChinaski]

Fair. But that's true of all words.

[slatyb]

One is six letters, one four, and the other nine.