ornamentation vs frill

frill vs ornamentation

ornamentation and frill both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of ornamentation 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.

ornamentation (noun)	frill (noun)
the act of adding extraneous decorations to something	a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
something used to beautify	ornamental objects of no great value
the state of being ornamented	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

Difference between ornamentation and frill

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