ornamentation vs centerpiece

centerpiece vs ornamentation

ornamentation and centerpiece both are nouns.

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

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

ornamentation: something used to beautify
centerpiece: something placed at the center of something else (as on a table)

Other hyponyms of ornamentation include adornment, arabesque, architectural ornament, beading, beadwork, bow, brass, 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)	centerpiece (noun)
the act of adding extraneous decorations to something	something placed at the center of something else (as on a table)
something used to beautify	the central or most important feature
the state of being ornamented

Difference between ornamentation and centerpiece

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