ornamentation vs wall hanging

wall hanging vs ornamentation

ornamentation and wall hanging both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ornamentation	Yes	No	No	No
wall hanging	Yes	No	No	No

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

ornamentation: something used to beautify
wall hanging: decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window

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, 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, tailfin, tinsel, tracery, wind bell, wind chime, garnish.

ornamentation (noun)	wall hanging (noun)
the act of adding extraneous decorations to something	decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
something used to beautify
the state of being ornamented

Difference between ornamentation and wall hanging

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