adorn vs garnish

garnish vs adorn

adorn is not a noun while garnish is a noun.

adorn and garnish both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adorn	No	No	Yes	No
garnish	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, garnish is a hyponym of adorn; that is, garnish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than adorn:

adorn: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
garnish: decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

Other hyponyms of adorn include wreathe, beset, encrust, incrust, braid, broider, embroider, stick, illustrate, garland, fledge, flight, bespangle, spangle, foliate, flag, bard, barde, caparison, dress up, bead, pipe, applique, gild the lily, paint the lily, vermiculate, smock, hang, prank, tinsel, tart up, stucco, redecorate, panel, bejewel, jewel, filet, fillet, scallop, bedizen, dress ship, dress, trim, trim, bedeck, bedight, deck, festoon, enamel, inlay, lacquer, begild, engild, gild, illuminate, blazon, emblazon, color, colour, emblazon, fringe, fret, landscape.

adorn (noun)	garnish (noun)
	any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
	something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration

adorn (verb)	garnish (verb)
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.	decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors	take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support
be beautiful to look at

Difference between adorn and garnish

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