decorate vs dress ship

dress ship vs decorate

decorate and dress ship both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
decorate	No	No	Yes	No
dress ship	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, dress ship is a hyponym of decorate; that is, dress ship is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than decorate:

decorate: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
dress ship: decorate a ship with flags

Other hyponyms of decorate 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, garnish, trim, trim, bedeck, bedight, deck, festoon, enamel, inlay, lacquer, begild, engild, gild, illuminate, blazon, emblazon, color, colour, emblazon, fringe, fret, landscape.

decorate (verb)	dress ship (verb)
provide with decoration	decorate a ship with flags
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to
be beautiful to look at

Difference between decorate and dress ship

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