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adorn vs dress up

dress up vs adorn

adorn and dress up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
adorn No No Yes No
dress up No No Yes No
As verbs, dress up is a hyponym of adorn; that is, dress up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than adorn:
  • adorn: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
  • dress up: put a caparison on
adorn (verb) dress up (verb)
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors dress in a costume
be beautiful to look at dress in a certain manner
make something appear superficially attractive
put a caparison on
Difference between adorn and dress up

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