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adornment vs ornamentation

ornamentation vs adornment

adornment and ornamentation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
adornment Yes No No No
ornamentation Yes No No No
As nouns, ornamentation is a hypernym of adornment; that is, ornamentation is a word with a broader meaning than adornment:
  • adornment: a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness
  • ornamentation: something used to beautify
Other hypernyms of adornment include decoration, ornament.
adornment (noun) ornamentation (noun)
the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting the act of adding extraneous decorations to something
a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness something used to beautify
the state of being ornamented
Difference between adornment and ornamentation

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