ornamentation vs tail fin

tail fin vs ornamentation

ornamentation and tail fin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ornamentation	Yes	No	No	No
tail fin	Yes	No	No	No

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

ornamentation: something used to beautify
tail fin: one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile

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, sprig, rivet, stud, fin, tailfin, tinsel, tracery, wind bell, wind chime, garnish.

ornamentation (noun)	tail fin (noun)
the act of adding extraneous decorations to something	the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates
something used to beautify	a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane
the state of being ornamented	one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile

Difference between ornamentation and tail fin

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