Accessory vs Detail - What's the difference?
accessory | detail | Synonyms |
Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or being contributory. Said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory'' to the riot; ''accessory sounds in music.
(legal) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself.
Present in a minor amount, and not essential.
Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.
* (rfdate) :
(fashion) An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
(legal) A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
(art) Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.
(countable) Something small enough to escape casual notice.
(uncountable) A profusion of details.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Timothy Garton Ash)
, volume=189, issue=6, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Something considered trivial enough to ignore.
(countable) A person's name, address and other personal information.
(military) A temporary unit or assignment.
A part distinct from the whole.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
, volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
to explain in detail
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(US (?)) to clean carefully (particularly a car) ()
(military) to assign to a particular task
As nouns the difference between accessory and detail
is that accessory is something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment while detail is something small enough to escape casual notice.As an adjective accessory
is having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or being contributory. Said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.As a verb detail is
to explain in detail.accessory
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Alternative forms
* (noun) accessaryEtymology 1
First attested in 1550s. From (etyl) accessorie , from (etyl) accessus. Compare English access, from same root.Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (having a secondary function) accompanying, contributory, auxiliary, subsidiary, subservient, additional, accedingDerived terms
* accessory breathingEtymology 2
* (legal) First attested in 1414. * (fashion) First attested in 1896.Noun
(accessories)- the accessories of a mobile phone
- the aspect and accessories of a den of banditti
Synonyms
* (one who assists in or instigates an offense) abettor, accomplice, ally, coadjutor, accessaryDerived terms
* accessory before the fact * accessory after the factReferences
*detail
English
Noun
Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli, passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail , a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.}}
Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution, passage=WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.}}
Synonyms
* (something considered trivial enough to ignore) technicality, trifle, triviality * (personal information) particulars * contingent, detachmentDerived terms
* in detail * detail-orientedSee also
* overview * bird's-eye view * big pictureVerb
(en verb)- I'll detail the exact procedure to you later.
Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian , 27 November 2014:
- It is a sunny morning in Amman and the three uniformed judges in Jordan’s state security court are briskly working their way through a pile of slim grey folders on the bench before them. Each details the charges against 25 or so defendants accused of supporting the fighters of the Islamic State (Isis), now rampaging across Syria and Iraq under their sinister black banners and sending nervous jitters across the Arab world.
- We need to have the minivan detailed .