Cute often has a personality component, like Kate Hudson. Beautiful is classic, conventional beauty by the standards of our time, like Charlize Theron. Gorgeous is mesmerizing, like Shakira.
Although one could safely argue that they are all the same thing to some degree, I think you placed them in the right order if they were to be graphed in intensity.
Cute has the inherent symmetry of beauty, but not its elegance or potential complexity. Cute brings out the nurture aspect, the mother impulse. You want to care for it, protect it.
Beauty takes that same inherent symmetry of cuteness, but marinades it deep throughout. It doesn't just catch your eye like cute does, it will make you pause to experience it.
Gorgeous takes that same inherent symmetry of beauty, and filters away the fillers, to assault your brain with aesthetic perfection. So powerful is it, that your brain's ability to do the mathematics in the universal expressions are only left with irrational numbers. 😏
Cute is usually bereft of any sexual connotation, meaning pretty/engaging in a prepubescent fashion. What you would say of naïve children, etc. [Of course, when it refers to behavior, it is often a sarcastic comment, not a positive one.]
Beautiful is above pretty and is an assessment of the presentation of something: art, music, a girl in a dress. Again, it need not refer to sexual attractiveness, though it can.
Gorgeous is above beautiful and also assesses the presentation of something, art, etc., or people. It can refer to sexual attractiveness, but need not.
N.B.--One is more likely to find a person one considers "gorgeous" to be more attractive than a person whom one considers to be "beautiful", and the "beautiful", more than the "cute".
Cute makes you want to say 'Aw!' - it is thought that cuteness makes us want to protect and nurture. Sort of tames down the predator.
I think beautiful and gorgeous are used interchangeably, although gorgeous may indicate a higher level of beautiful. Being beautiful or gorgeous does not necessarily mean 'more dateable' because some will be intimidated and fearful of rejection if they make a move.
But "cute" usually doesn't have a sexual connotation of any kind, though it's a definite *compliment*; it is a fresh, wholesome look...innocent, even.
"Beautiful" is a step up from "pretty", and nothing to sneeze at.
"Gorgeous" means, to me, "having particular beauty"; like "lovely", it might be applied to a particular feature/body part/characteristic, but can also mean an overall impression.
Cute could be anything, a nice face, a child, a kitten. Beautiful I think of as truly attractive to any eye, gorgeous kind of like beauty ++ and maybe a little showy. But that’s just me of course.
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Like 1to 10 to 100 analogy, probably. Not sure. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder thats definitely
Cute is an everyday thing. Beautiful is when you want to look a cut above everyday to show you can get there with ease. Gorgeous is when you want to enjoy the pleasure that comes with being gorgeous
No and it is hard for me to rap my little brain around the concept. To be controlled like that I guess that is why here we are a bunch of heathens lol by here I mean u s a