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Jewellery vs Accessories - What's the difference?

jewellery | accessories |

As nouns the difference between jewellery and accessories

is that jewellery is (uk|australia|new zealand) collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones while accessories is .

jewellery

Etymology

From the word jewel, which was anglicized from the (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (US, Canada) jewelry

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (UK, Australia, New Zealand) Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.
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  • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck?; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”}}
    She had more jewellery ornamented about her than any three ladies needed.

    Synonyms

    * tom (Cockney rhyming slang''), tomfoolery (''Cockney rhyming slang ); see also

    accessories

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • See also

    * paraphernalia

    Anagrams

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