Embellish vs Ennoble - What's the difference?
embellish | ennoble |
To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
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To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality, to distort.
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'.
As verbs the difference between embellish and ennoble
is that embellish is to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate while ennoble is to bestow with nobility, honour or grace.embellish
English
Verb
(es)- The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
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- to embellish a story, the truth