embellish vs stucco
stucco vs embellishembellish is not a noun while stucco is a noun.
embellish and stucco both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| embellish | No | No | Yes | No |
| stucco | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
stucco is a hyponym of
embellish; that is, stucco is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
embellish:
- embellish: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- stucco: decorate with stucco work
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, 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) | stucco (noun) |
|---|---|
| a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces |
| embellish (verb) | stucco (verb) |
|---|---|
| make more beautiful | coat with stucco |
| add details to | decorate with stucco work |
| 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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