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Adorn vs Ennoble - What's the difference?

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Adorn is a related term of ennoble.


As verbs the difference between adorn and ennoble

is that adorn is to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate while ennoble is to bestow with nobility, honour or grace.

As a noun adorn

is (obsolete) adornment.

adorn

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
    • 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
  • * Bible, Isa. lxi. 10
    • as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels
  • * Goldsmith
    • At church, with meek and unaffected grace, / His looks adorned the venerable place.

    Synonyms

    * beautify * bedeck * decorate * deck * grace * ornament * prettify * See also

    Noun

  • (obsolete) adornment
    • (Spenser)

    Anagrams

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    ennoble

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To bestow with nobility, honour or grace.
  • To ennoble textile fabrics, the industrial processes of dry-cleaning, printing and embossing, and sizing and finishing, which together are known as 'ennobling fabrics'.

    • Derived terms

    * ennobler * ennoblement * ennobled * ennobling