Adorn vs Variegate - What's the difference?

Adorn is a related term of variegate.

is that adorn is to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate while variegate is to add variety to something; to diversify.

is (obsolete) adornment.

variegated.

(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.

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

(obsolete) adornment

(Spenser)

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to add variety to something; to diversify

to change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of different colour

to dabble

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variegated

* variegate porphyria

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