ornamentation vs tailfin

tailfin vs ornamentation

ornamentation and tailfin both are nouns.

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

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

ornamentation: something used to beautify
tailfin: 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, tail fin, tinsel, tracery, wind bell, wind chime, garnish.

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

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