ornamentation vs beading

beading vs ornamentation

ornamentation and beading both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ornamentation	Yes	No	No	No
beading	Yes	No	No	No

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

ornamentation: something used to beautify
beading: ornamentation with beads

Other hyponyms of ornamentation include adornment, arabesque, architectural ornament, beadwork, bow, brass, centerpiece, centrepiece, Christmas tree, 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)	beading (noun)
the act of adding extraneous decorations to something	a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
something used to beautify	ornamentation with beads
the state of being ornamented

Difference between ornamentation and beading

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