Decorated vs Decorative - What's the difference?
decorated | decorative |
(decorate)
To furnish with decorations.
To improve the appearance of an interior of a house, room, office and so forth.
(computing) (In some programming languages) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item.
That serves to decorate
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A plant, tile, etc. intended for use as decoration.
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As a verb decorated
is (decorate).As an adjective decorative is
.decorated
English
Verb
(head)decorate
English
Verb
(decorat)- It makes sure that the field name argument is not empty, and that the field specified there is an actual existing field in the class which declares the method decorated with this attribute.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* decorativeAnagrams
* ----decorative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=The parsnip, stilton and chestnut combination may taste good, but it's not terribly decorative . In fact, dull's the word, a lingering adjectival ghost of nut roasts past that I'm keen to banish from the table.}}
Noun
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