embellishment vs flourish
flourish vs embellishmentembellishment and flourish both are nouns.
embellishment is not a verb while flourish is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| embellishment | Yes | No | No | No |
| flourish | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
flourish is a hyponym of
embellishment; that is, flourish is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
embellishment:
- embellishment: a superfluous ornament
- flourish: an ornamental embellishment in writing
Other hyponyms of embellishment include
boule, boulle, buhl, cuspidation, festoon, filagree, filigree, fillagree, vermiculation.
| embellishment (noun) | flourish (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of adding extraneous decorations to something | the act of waving |
| a superfluous ornament | a display of ornamental speech or language |
| elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail | a showy gesture |
| (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments | |
| an ornamental embellishment in writing |
| embellishment (verb) | flourish (verb) |
|---|---|
| grow vigorously | |
| move or swing back and forth | |
| make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance |
Words related to "embellishment"
Words related to "flourish"
- air
- boom
- brandish
- change state
- displace
- embellishment
- expand
- fanfare
- fly high
- gesture
- grandiloquence
- grandiosity
- grow
- hold
- line
- luxuriate
- magniloquence
- melodic line
- melodic phrase
- melody
- motion
- move
- music
- ornateness
- paraph
- prosper
- revive
- rhetoric
- strain
- thrive
- tucket
- tune
- turn
- wafture
- wave
- waving
- wigwag
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