Adorn vs Don - What's the difference?
adorn | don |
To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
* Bible, Isa. lxi. 10
* Goldsmith
(obsolete) adornment
(clothing) to put on, to dress in
As verbs the difference between adorn and don
is that adorn is to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate while don is to put on, to dress in.As nouns the difference between adorn and don
is that adorn is adornment while don is a university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.As a proper noun Don is
a diminutive of the male given name Donald or Gordon.adorn
English
Verb
(en verb)- a man adorned with noble statuary and columns
- a character adorned with every Christian grace
- a gallery of paintings was adorned with the works of some of the great masters
- as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels
- At church, with meek and unaffected grace, / His looks adorned the venerable place.
Synonyms
* beautify * bedeck * decorate * deck * grace * ornament * prettify * See alsoNoun
- (Spenser)
Anagrams
* * * *don
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) dominus'', "lord", "head of household", akin to Spanish ''don'' and Italian ''dom''; from ''domus'', "house", + diminutive suffix ''-inus . Compare dominie.Derived terms
* donnishEtymology 2
A contraction of (etyl) do on. Compare also doff.Verb
(donn)- To don one's clothes.