Jewellery vs Ornaments - What's the difference?
jewellery | ornaments |
(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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As nouns the difference between jewellery and ornaments
is that jewellery is collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones while ornaments is plural of ornament.As a verb ornaments is
third-person singular of ornament.jewellery
English
(wikipedia jewellery)Etymology
From the word jewel, which was anglicized from the (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (US, Canada) jewelryNoun
(en-noun)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.