Sprites are 2D pixel art.
Models are 3D digital sculptures.
Animation is the way something moves.
The same model can be freely recolored, they are not like clay sculptures.

>Man, the Gen 6 sprites suck!
No. Those are models. Those models are extremely high quality. It's the animations that suck.
>Whatever, the Stadium models were way better.
No. Those models were low resolution polygons. The animations were better.
>Well the models are too washed out and ugly
No. The model does not have color of its own. Blame the coloration itself, it's a separate entity.

Learn the fucking difference. Common sense thread, post common sense.