ornamentation vs gargoyle

gargoyle vs ornamentation

ornamentation and gargoyle both are nouns.

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

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

ornamentation: something used to beautify
gargoyle: an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal

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, frill, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery, 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)	gargoyle (noun)
the act of adding extraneous decorations to something	an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal
something used to beautify	a spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal
the state of being ornamented

Difference between ornamentation and gargoyle

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