mantle vs festoon

festoon vs mantle

mantle and festoon both are nouns.

mantle and festoon both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mantle	Yes	No	Yes	No
festoon	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, festoon is a hyponym of mantle; that is, festoon is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mantle:

mantle: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
festoon: a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves

Other hyponyms of mantle include drop, drop cloth, drop curtain, frontal, portiere, shower curtain, theater curtain, theatre curtain, lace curtain, net curtain.

mantle (noun)	festoon (noun)
a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter	flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)	an embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on pottery or in architectural work
shelf that projects from wall above fireplace	a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves
(zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
the cloak as a symbol of authority
the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
anything that covers

mantle (verb)	festoon (verb)
cover like a mantle	decorate with strings of flowers
spread over a surface, like a mantle

Difference between mantle and festoon

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