WordCmp.com

embellishment vs ornamentation

ornamentation vs embellishment

embellishment and ornamentation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
embellishment Yes No No No
ornamentation Yes No No No
As nouns, embellishment and ornamentation are synonyms defined as:
  • embellishment and ornamentation: the act of adding extraneous decorations to something
As nouns, ornamentation is a hypernym of embellishment; that is, ornamentation is a word with a broader meaning than embellishment:
  • embellishment: a superfluous ornament
  • ornamentation: something used to beautify
Other hypernyms of embellishment include decoration, ornament.
embellishment (noun) ornamentation (noun)
the act of adding extraneous decorations to something the act of adding extraneous decorations to something
a superfluous ornament something used to beautify
elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail the state of being ornamented
Difference between embellishment and ornamentation

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.