embellish vs inlay
inlay vs embellishembellish is not a noun while inlay is a noun.
embellish and inlay both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| embellish | No | No | Yes | No |
| inlay | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
inlay is a hyponym of
embellish; that is, inlay is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
embellish:
- embellish: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- inlay: decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal
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, 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, lacquer, begild, engild, gild, illuminate, blazon, emblazon, color, colour, emblazon, fringe, fret, landscape.
| embellish (noun) | inlay (noun) |
|---|---|
| a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface | |
| (dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place |
| embellish (verb) | inlay (verb) |
|---|---|
| make more beautiful | decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal |
| 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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