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Flounce vs Ornament - What's the difference?

flounce | ornament | Synonyms |

Flounce is a synonym of ornament.


As nouns the difference between flounce and ornament

is that flounce is (sewing) a strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle(w) while ornament is ornament.

As a verb flounce

is to move in an exaggerated, bouncy manner.

flounce

English

Verb

(flounc)
  • To move in an exaggerated, bouncy manner.
  • (archaic) To flounder; to make spastic motions.
  • * Barrow
    • To flutter and flounce will do nothing but batter and bruise us.
  • * Addison
    • With his broad fins and forky tail he laves / The rising surge, and flounces in the waves.
  • To decorate with a flounce.
  • To leave a group dramatically, in a way that draws attention to oneself.
    • After failing to win the leadership election, he flounced dramatically.
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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sewing) A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.(w)
  • *
    • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […]  Frills, ruffles, flounces , lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
  • The act of flouncing.

    • Derived terms

    * flouncy

    ornament

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid) An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
  • * Tennyson
    • Like that long-buried body of the king / Found lying with his urns and ornaments .
  • * 1919:
    • I'm a bit short on brain myself; the old bean would appear to have been constructed more for ornament than for use.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author= , title=Pixels or Perish , volume=100, issue=2, page=106 , magazine= citation , passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}
  • # A Christmas tree decoration.
  • (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate or "ornament" that line.

    • Related terms

    * ornate * ornamental * ornamentation

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (senseid) To decorate.
    • We will ornament the windows with trim to make the room seem brighter.
  • (senseid) To add to.
    • The editor ornamented his plain writing, making it fancier but less clear.

    Synonyms

    *(decorate) decorate, embellish, trim

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