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Embellishment vs Enrichment - What's the difference?

embellishment | enrichment | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between embellishment and enrichment

is that embellishment is an unnecessarily added touch, an ornamental addition, a flourish while enrichment is the act of enriching or something enriched.

embellishment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An unnecessarily added touch, an ornamental addition, a flourish.
    • 1811' ''Reflection had given calmness to her judgment, and sobered her own opinion of Willoughby's deserts; -- she wished, therefore, to declare only the simple truth, and lay open such facts as were really due to his character, without any '''embellishment of tenderness to lead the fancy astray.'' Jane Austen, ''Sense and Sensibility , Section 3, Chapter 1.

    enrichment

    English

    Alternative forms

    * inrichment

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of enriching or something enriched
  • the process of making enriched uranium
  • the addition of sugar to grape juice used to make wine; chaptalization