ornamentation vs lunula

lunula vs ornamentation

ornamentation and lunula both are nouns.

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

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

ornamentation: something used to beautify
lunula: a crescent-shaped metal ornament of the Bronze Age

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, hood ornament, encrustation, incrustation, inlay, decor, interior decoration, knob, pommel, 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)	lunula (noun)
the act of adding extraneous decorations to something	a crescent-shaped metal ornament of the Bronze Age
something used to beautify	the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail
the state of being ornamented

Difference between ornamentation and lunula

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