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Ornament vs Edging - What's the difference?

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Ornament is a related term of edging.


As nouns the difference between ornament and edging

is that ornament is ornament while edging is something that forms, defines or marks the edge.

As a verb edging is

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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

    External links

    * * English heteronyms

    edging

    English

    Verb

    (head)
    • (orgasm control)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that forms, defines or marks the edge.
    • The decorative edging around the door makes it easier to find in the dark.
  • (rock climbing) Technique involving the placement of the edge of the climbing shoe on a sharp hold.
  • The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.

    • Antonyms

    * (climbing) smearing