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Decorate vs. Adorn — What's the Difference?

Decorate vs. Adorn — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Decorate and Adorn

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Decorate

To furnish, provide, or adorn with something ornamental; embellish.

Adorn

Make more beautiful or attractive
Pictures and prints adorned his walls

Decorate

To confer a medal or other honor on
Was decorated for bravery.

Adorn

To lend beauty to
Flowers adorned the walkway.

Decorate

(transitive) To furnish with decorations.
We decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel and baubles.
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Adorn

To enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
"[He] requires the presence of titles to legitimate and adorn ... his imperfect status" (Cynthia Ozick).

Decorate

(transitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.
There's some paint left over from when we decorated the guest bedroom.

Adorn

To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
A man adorned with noble statuary and columns
A character adorned with every Christian grace
A gallery of paintings was adorned with the works of some of the great masters

Decorate

(intransitive) To decorate an interior space, as a house, room, or office.
People tend to decorate for the holidays or special events.

Adorn

(obsolete) adornment

Decorate

(transitive) To honor by providing a medal, ribbon, or other adornment.
He was a decorated soldier who served in three wars.

Adorn

(obsolete) adorned; ornate

Decorate

To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item.
It makes sure that the field name argument is not empty, and that the field specified there is an actual existing field in the class which declares the method decorated with this attribute.

Adorn

To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.
As a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
At church, with meek and unaffected grace,His looks adorned the venerable place.

Decorate

To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors.
Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets decorated her arms.

Adorn

Adornment.

Decorate

Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;
Decorate the room for the party
Beautify yourself for the special day

Adorn

Adorned; decorated.

Decorate

Be beautiful to look at;
Flowers adorned the tables everywhere

Adorn

Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;
Decorate the room for the party
Beautify yourself for the special day

Decorate

Award a mark of honor, as a medal, to

Adorn

Be beautiful to look at;
Flowers adorned the tables everywhere

Decorate

Provide with decoration;
Dress the windows

Adorn

Furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors

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