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Gilded vs Ornate - What's the difference?

gilded | ornate |

As verbs the difference between gilded and ornate

is that gilded is (gild) while ornate is (obsolete) to adorn; to honour.

As adjectives the difference between gilded and ornate

is that gilded is having the color or quality of gold while ornate is elaborately ornamented, often to excess.

gilded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (gild)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • Having the color or quality of gold.
  • Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
  • Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.

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    ornate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Elaborately ornamented, often to excess.
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  • *:The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth?;. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”
  • Flashy, flowery or showy
  • Finely finished, as a style of composition.
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:a graceful and ornate rhetoric

    • Related terms

    * ornament

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    Verb

    (ornat)
  • (obsolete) To adorn; to honour.
    • They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. — Latimer.

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