Embellishes vs Adorn - What's the difference?
embellishes | adorn |
(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.
To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
* Bible, Isa. lxi. 10
* Goldsmith
(obsolete) adornment
As verbs the difference between embellishes and adorn
is that embellishes is (embellish) while adorn is to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.As a noun adorn is
(obsolete) adornment.embellishes
English
Verb
(head)embellish
English
Verb
(es)- The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
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- to embellish a story, the truth
Synonyms
* adorn * beautify * decorate * deck * grace * ornament * prettify * See alsoadorn
English
Verb
(en verb)- a man adorned with noble statuary and columns
- a character adorned with every Christian grace
- a gallery of paintings was adorned with the works of some of the great masters
- as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels
- At church, with meek and unaffected grace, / His looks adorned the venerable place.
Synonyms
* beautify * bedeck * decorate * deck * grace * ornament * prettify * See alsoNoun
- (Spenser)