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Embellish vs Adorne - What's the difference?

embellish | adorne |

As a verb embellish

is to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

As an adjective adorne is

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embellish

English

Verb

(es)
  • To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
    • The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=December 29 , author=Paul Doyle , title=Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=Podolski gave Walcott a chance to further embellish Arsenal's first-half performance when he eluded James Perch and slipped the ball through to the striker.}}
  • To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality, to distort.
    • to embellish a story, the truth

    Synonyms

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

    adorne

    Not English

    Adorne has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'adorne':

    atrane, atrine