embellish vs lacquer
lacquer vs embellishembellish is not a noun while lacquer is a noun.
embellish and lacquer both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| embellish | No | No | Yes | No |
| lacquer | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
lacquer is a hyponym of
embellish; that is, lacquer is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
embellish:
- embellish: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- lacquer: coat with lacquer
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, inlay, begild, engild, gild, illuminate, blazon, emblazon, color, colour, emblazon, fringe, fret, landscape.
| embellish (noun) | lacquer (noun) |
|---|---|
| a hard glossy coating | |
| a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish |
| embellish (verb) | lacquer (verb) |
|---|---|
| make more beautiful | coat with lacquer |
| 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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