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Ornate vs Gorgeous - What's the difference?

ornate | gorgeous |

As adjectives the difference between ornate and gorgeous

is that ornate is elaborately ornamented, often to excess while gorgeous is (of a person or place) very beautiful.

As a verb ornate

is (obsolete) to adorn; to honour.

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
  • Verb

    (ornat)
  • (obsolete) To adorn; to honour.
  • They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. — Latimer.

    Anagrams

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    gorgeous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a person or place) very beautiful.
  • All the contest judges agreed that Brigitt was absolutely gorgeous .
    The sunsets in Hawaii are gorgeous .
  • (rare) Very enjoyable, pleasant, tasty etc.
  • Israeli hummus is absolutely gorgeous .

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * gorgeously * gorgeousness

    See also

    * gorge