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Embellished vs Galant - What's the difference?

embellished | galant |

As a verb embellished

is (embellish).

As a proper noun galant is

(music) a musical stylistic term principally occurring during the transition from the baroque]] to the classical period, a few decades either side of 1750, which showed more classically simplistic [[trait|traits in comparison to the highly embellished and texturally complex precedent in the baroque period.

embellished

English

Verb

(head)
  • (embellish)

    • embellish

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
    • The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
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    • , 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

    galant

    English

    Proper noun

    (head)
  • (music) a musical stylistic term principally occurring during the transition from the Baroque]] to the Classical period, a few decades either side of 1750, which showed more classically simplistic [[trait, traits in comparison to the highly embellished and texturally complex precedent in the Baroque period.

    • Derived terms

    * Galante * style galant * galant style * galante style

    See also

    * Rococo