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Opulent vs Ornate - What's the difference?

opulent | ornate |

As adjectives the difference between opulent and ornate

is that opulent is luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent while ornate is elaborately ornamented, often to excess.

As a verb ornate is

to adorn; to honour.

opulent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent.
  • Rich, sumptuous and extravagant.

    • 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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