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Decor vs Decorum - What's the difference?

decor | decorum |

As nouns the difference between decor and decorum

is that decor is the style of decoration of a room, building while decorum is appropriate social behavior; propriety.

decor

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Noun

(en noun)
  • The style of decoration of a room, building.
    • Her living room had a lush Persian-style decor .

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    decorum

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Appropriate social behavior; propriety
  • * 2010 — , This Isn't What It Looks Like , ch. 4
    • It was sort of a finishing school. You know, to teach proper social decorum and so on and so forth.
  • (countable) A convention of social behavior

    • Related terms

    * decorous