gargoyle vs ornament

gargoyle and ornament both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gargoyle	Yes	No	No	No
ornament	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, ornament is a hypernym of gargoyle; that is, ornament is a word with a broader meaning than gargoyle:

gargoyle: an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal
ornament: something used to beautify

Other hypernyms of gargoyle include decoration, ornamentation.

gargoyle (noun)	ornament (noun)
an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal	something used to beautify
a spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal

gargoyle (verb)	ornament (verb)
	make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
	be an ornament to