What's the difference between puckered lips and pursed lips?!
Question: What's the difference between puckered lips and pursed lips?
Answers:
Puckered: When you push them outwards as though you were about to kiss somebody, or like you ate something sour.
Pursed: When your lips form a tight line, as though you feel somewhat disappointed.
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Here's my attempt at it: puckered lips is a focused use of the obicularis oris...or the muscle that surrounds the mouth so that the skin around the mouth is tightened (as if kissing someone on the cheek) while the lips themselves remain relatively relaxed, so they can "pucker."
Whereas, "pursing" likely brings in other muscles besides obicularis oris to actually draw the lips the taught as the edges of the mouth...usually to make a fine opening for the passage of air such as when playing a wind instrument...
...my best explanation...
intention