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Embellishment vs Ornamentation - What's the difference?

embellishment | ornamentation |

As nouns the difference between embellishment and ornamentation

is that embellishment is an unnecessarily added touch, an ornamental addition, a flourish while ornamentation is decoration, adornment or embellishment.

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.

    ornamentation

    English

    Noun

    (ornamentations)
  • Decoration, adornment or embellishment.
  • The act or process of decorating etc.

    • Related terms

    * ornament noun * ornamental adjective