Embellished vs Embroidered - What's the difference?
embellished | embroidered |
(embellish)
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.
(embroider)
To stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours.
(figuratively) To add imaginary detail to a narrative to make it more interesting or acceptable.
As verbs the difference between embellished and embroidered
is that embellished is (embellish) while embroidered is (embroider).embellished
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Verb
(head)embellish
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Verb
(es)- The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
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- to embellish a story, the truth