ornament vs frill

frill vs ornament

ornament and frill both are nouns.

ornament is a verb but frill is not a verb.

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

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

ornament: something used to beautify
frill: ornamental objects of no great value

Other hyponyms of ornament include adornment, arabesque, architectural ornament, beading, beadwork, bow, brass, centerpiece, centrepiece, Christmas tree, cockade, design, figure, pattern, embellishment, finial, floral arrangement, flower arrangement, falderol, folderal, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery, gargoyle, garnish, graffiti, graffito, hanging, wall hanging, hood ornament, encrustation, incrustation, inlay, decor, interior decoration, knob, pommel, lunula, molding, moulding, nailhead, necklet, overlay, rosemaling, set decoration, sgraffito, spiral, volute, sprig, rivet, stud, fin, tail fin, tailfin, tinsel, tracery, wind bell, wind chime, garnish.

ornament (noun)	frill (noun)
something used to beautify	a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
	ornamental objects of no great value
	an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
	(paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs

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

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