ornamentation vs hanging

hanging vs ornamentation

ornamentation and hanging both are nouns.

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

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

ornamentation: something used to beautify
hanging: decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window

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, gargoyle, garnish, graffiti, graffito, 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)	hanging (noun)
the act of adding extraneous decorations to something	the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
something used to beautify	a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead
the state of being ornamented	decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window

Difference between ornamentation and hanging

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