ornamentation vs Christmas tree

Christmas tree vs ornamentation

ornamentation and Christmas tree both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ornamentation	Yes	No	No	No
Christmas tree	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Christmas tree is a hyponym of ornamentation; that is, Christmas tree is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ornamentation:

ornamentation: something used to beautify
Christmas tree: an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration

Other hyponyms of ornamentation include adornment, arabesque, architectural ornament, beading, beadwork, bow, brass, centerpiece, centrepiece, cockade, design, figure, pattern, embellishment, finial, floral arrangement, flower arrangement, falderol, folderal, frill, 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.

ornamentation (noun)	Christmas tree (noun)
the act of adding extraneous decorations to something	an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration
something used to beautify	medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed
the state of being ornamented	tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark
	a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
	Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration

Difference between ornamentation and Christmas tree

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