embellish vs applique
applique vs embellishembellish is not a noun while applique is a noun.
embellish and applique both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| embellish | No | No | Yes | No |
| applique | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
applique is a hyponym of
embellish; that is, applique is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
embellish:
- embellish: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- applique: sew on as a decoration
Other hyponyms of embellish include
wreathe, beset, encrust, incrust, braid, broider, embroider, stick, illustrate, garland, fledge, flight, bespangle, spangle, foliate, flag, bard, barde, caparison, dress up, bead, pipe, 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.
| embellish (noun) | applique (noun) |
|---|---|
| a decorative design made of one material sewn over another |
| embellish (verb) | applique (verb) |
|---|---|
| make more beautiful | sew on as a decoration |
| add details to | |
| make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | |
| be beautiful to look at |
Words related to "embellish"
- adorn
- aggrandise
- aggrandize
- alter
- ameliorate
- amend
- amplify
- applique
- bard
- barde
- be
- bead
- beautify
- become
- bedeck
- bedight
- bedizen
- begild
- bejewel
- beset
- bespangle
- better
- blazon
- blow up
- braid
- broider
- caparison
- change
- color
- colour
- curry
- deck
- decorate
- dramatise
- dramatize
- dress
- dress ship
- dress up
- embellishment
- emblazon
- embroider
- enamel
- encrust
- engild
- exaggerate
- fancify
- festoon
- filet
- fillet
- flag
- fledge
- flight
- foliate
- fret
- fringe
- garland
- garnish
- gild
- gild the lily
- glorify
- grace
- groom
- hang
- hyperbolise
- hyperbolize
- illuminate
- illustrate
- improve
- incrust
- inlay
- jewel
- lacquer
- landscape
- lard
- magnify
- meliorate
- modify
- neaten
- ornament
- overdraw
- overstate
- pad
- paint the lily
- panel
- pipe
- polish
- prank
- prettify
- redecorate
- scallop
- shine
- slick up
- smarten up
- smock
- smooth
- smoothen
- spangle
- spiff up
- spruce
- spruce up
- stick
- stucco
- suit
- tart up
- tinsel
- titivate
- tittivate
- trim
- vermiculate
- window-dress
- wreathe
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