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Accompaniment vs Adornment - What's the difference?

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Accompaniment is a related term of adornment.


As nouns the difference between accompaniment and adornment

is that accompaniment is (music) a part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass while adornment is a decoration; that which adorns.

accompaniment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
  • That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.

    • adornment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A decoration; that which adorns.
    • The draperies did little to keep out the light; rather, they were mainly there as adornment for the windows.
  • The act of decorating.