Ornate vs Baroque - What's the difference?
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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
(obsolete) To adorn; to honour.
A period in western architecture from ca. 1600 to the middle of the eighteenth century, known for its abundance of decoration.
A period in western art from ca. 1600 to the middle of the eighteenth century, characterized by drama, rich color, and dramatic contrast between light and shadow.
A period in western music from ca. 1600 to ca. 1760, characterized by extensive use of counterpoint, basso-continuo, and extensive ornamentation.
The chess variant invented in 1962 by mathematician Robert Abbott, or any of its descendants, where pieces move alike, but have differing methods of capture.
As adjectives the difference between ornate and baroque
is that ornate is elaborately ornamented, often to excess while baroque is ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.As a verb ornate
is (obsolete) to adorn; to honour.ornate
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(ornat)- They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. — Latimer.