ornamentation vs hood ornament

hood ornament vs ornamentation

ornamentation and hood ornament both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ornamentation	Yes	No	No	No
hood ornament	Yes	No	No	No

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

ornamentation: something used to beautify
hood ornament: an ornament on the front of the hood of a car emblematic of the manufacturer

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, hanging, wall hanging, 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)	hood ornament (noun)
the act of adding extraneous decorations to something	an ornament on the front of the hood of a car emblematic of the manufacturer
something used to beautify
the state of being ornamented

Difference between ornamentation and hood ornament

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