beautify vs bead

bead vs beautify

beautify is not a noun while bead is a noun.

beautify and bead both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beautify	No	No	Yes	No
bead	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

beautify: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
bead: decorate by sewing beads onto

Other hyponyms of beautify include wreathe, beset, encrust, incrust, braid, broider, embroider, stick, illustrate, garland, fledge, flight, bespangle, spangle, foliate, flag, bard, barde, caparison, dress up, 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, garnish, trim, trim, bedeck, bedight, deck, festoon, enamel, inlay, lacquer, begild, engild, gild, illuminate, blazon, emblazon, color, colour, emblazon, fringe, fret, landscape.

beautify (noun)	bead (noun)
	a small ball with a hole through the middle
	a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
	a shape that is spherical and small

beautify (verb)	bead (verb)
make more beautiful	string together like beads
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.	decorate by sewing beads onto
be beautiful to look at	form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example

Difference between beautify and bead

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