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Emboss vs Adorn - What's the difference?

emboss | adorn |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between emboss and adorn

is that emboss is (obsolete) to hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to enclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood while adorn is (obsolete) adornment.

As verbs the difference between emboss and adorn

is that emboss is to mark or decorate with a raised design or symbol or emboss can be (label) of a hunted animal: to take shelter in a wood or forest while adorn is to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

As a noun adorn is

(obsolete) adornment.

emboss

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) embosen, from (etyl) embocer.

Verb

(es)
  • To mark or decorate with a raised design or symbol.
  • The papers weren't official until the seal had been embossed on them.
  • To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, etc.
  • * Dryden
  • Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed / Androgeo's death.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • Exhibiting flowers in their natural colour embossed upon a purple ground.

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps from . Compare (imbosk).

    Verb

    (es)
  • (label) Of a hunted animal: to take shelter in a wood or forest.
  • (label) To drive (an animal) to extremity; to exhaust, to make foam at the mouth.
  • *, II.11:
  • *:And as it commonly happens, that when the Stag begins to be embost , and finds his strength to faile-him, having no other remedie left him, doth yeeld and bequeath himselfe unto us that pursue him, with teares suing to us for mercie.
  • (obsolete) To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to enclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood.
  • * Milton
  • in the Arabian woods embossed
  • (label) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
  • * Spenser
  • A knight her met in mighty arms embossed .

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    adorn

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
  • 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
  • * Bible, Isa. lxi. 10
  • as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels
  • * Goldsmith
  • At church, with meek and unaffected grace, / His looks adorned the venerable place.

    Synonyms

    * beautify * bedeck * decorate * deck * grace * ornament * prettify * See also

    Noun

  • (obsolete) adornment
  • (Spenser)

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