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Detailed vs Ornate - What's the difference?

detailed | ornate |

As adjectives the difference between detailed and ornate

is that detailed is characterized by attention to detail and thoroughness of treatment while ornate is elaborately ornamented, often to excess.

As verbs the difference between detailed and ornate

is that detailed is (detail) while ornate is (obsolete) to adorn; to honour.

detailed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characterized by attention to detail and thoroughness of treatment.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (detail)

    • ornate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Elaborately ornamented, often to excess.
  • *
  • *: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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