Trappings vs Decoration - What's the difference?
trappings | decoration |
Clothing or equipment; that which gives the appearance of something.
Ornamental coverings or harnesses for a horse; caparisons.
Instances of trapping.
The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament.
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Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.
As nouns the difference between trappings and decoration
is that trappings is clothing or equipment; that which gives the appearance of something or trappings can be while decoration is decoration.trappings
English
Etymology 1
From (trapping).Noun
(en-plural noun)- He went through his belongings, gradually shedding the trappings of youth.
Etymology 2
From (trap).Noun
(head)See also
* trappingAnagrams
*decoration
English
("decoration on Wikiquote")Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
- At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.