ornamentation vs centrepiece

centrepiece vs ornamentation

ornamentation and centrepiece both are nouns.

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

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

ornamentation: something used to beautify
centrepiece: 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, centerpiece, 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)	centrepiece (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 centrepiece

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