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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