ornamentation vs sprig

sprig vs ornamentation

ornamentation and sprig both are nouns.

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

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

ornamentation: something used to beautify
sprig: an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers

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, lunula, molding, moulding, nailhead, necklet, overlay, rosemaling, set decoration, sgraffito, spiral, volute, rivet, stud, fin, tail fin, tailfin, tinsel, tracery, wind bell, wind chime, garnish.

ornamentation (noun)	sprig (noun)
the act of adding extraneous decorations to something	an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers
something used to beautify	a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
the state of being ornamented

Difference between ornamentation and sprig

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