accessory vs element

element vs accessory

accessory and element both are nouns.

accessory is an adjective but element is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
accessory	Yes	Yes	No	No
element	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, element is a hypernym of accessory; that is, element is a word with a broader meaning than accessory:

accessory: a supplementary component that improves capability
element: an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system

Other hypernyms of accessory include component, constituent.

accessory (noun)	element (noun)
a supplementary component that improves capability	an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing	an abstract part of something
someone who helps another person commit a crime	the most favorable environment for a plant or animal
	a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
	the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
	any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
	one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe

accessory (adjective)	element (adjective)
furnishing added support
aiding and abetting in a crime

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