embellish vs smooth
smooth vs embellishembellish is not a noun while smooth is a noun.
embellish is not an adjective while smooth is an adjective.
embellish and smooth both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| embellish | No | No | Yes | No |
| smooth | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
As verbs,
smooth is a hyponym of
embellish; that is, smooth is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
embellish:
- embellish: make more beautiful
- smooth: make (a surface) shine
| embellish (noun) | smooth (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of smoothing |
| embellish (adjective) | smooth (adjective) |
|---|---|
| having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities | |
| of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth | |
| (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected | |
| of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence | |
| (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves | |
| smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication | |
| lacking obstructions or difficulties | |
| smooth and unconstrained in movement |
| embellish (verb) | smooth (verb) |
|---|---|
| make more beautiful | make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing |
| add details to | make (a surface) shine |
| make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | free from obstructions |
| 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
Words related to "smooth"
- Simonise
- Simonize
- accomplishment
- achievement
- aerodynamic
- beautify
- bland
- botany
- buff
- burnish
- calm
- change surface
- compound
- creaseless
- diplomatic
- diplomatical
- disembarrass
- easy
- embellish
- entire
- even
- even-textured
- fancify
- fast
- file
- fine
- fine-textured
- float
- flowing
- fluent
- fluid
- free
- furbish
- glassy
- gloss
- graceful
- ironed
- launch
- legato
- liquid
- music
- phytology
- placid
- plane
- polish
- politic
- prettify
- quiet
- rake
- repand
- rid
- rough
- roughen
- rub
- sand
- sandblast
- sandpaper
- seamless
- shine
- simple
- sinuate
- sleek
- slick
- slippery
- slippy
- smooth out
- smooth over
- smooth-textured
- smoothen
- smoother
- smoothness
- still
- streamlined
- strickle
- strike
- strip
- suave
- tranquil
- uncreased
- undulate
- unlined
- unnotched
- unruffled
- unseamed
- unsubdivided
- untoothed
- velvet
- velvet-textured
- velvety
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