Furnish vs. Decorate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Furnish and Decorate
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Furnish
Furnish is a surname.
Decorate
To furnish, provide, or adorn with something ornamental; embellish.
Furnish
To provide (what is needed or desired)
Furnished the snacks for the party.
Decorate
To confer a medal or other honor on
Was decorated for bravery.
Furnish
To provide furniture for
Furnish a room.
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Decorate
(transitive) To furnish with decorations.
We decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel and baubles.
Furnish
To provide something necessary or desired to; equip
Furnished the students with pens.
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.
Furnish
To have as an available or desirable feature
A courtyard that furnishes a fine view.
Decorate
(intransitive) To decorate an interior space, as a house, room, or office.
People tend to decorate for the holidays or special events.
Furnish
Material used to create an engineered product.
Decorate
(transitive) To honor by providing a medal, ribbon, or other adornment.
He was a decorated soldier who served in three wars.
Furnish
(transitive) To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment.
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.
Furnish
To supply or give (something).
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.
Furnish
To supply (somebody) with something.
Decorate
Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;
Decorate the room for the party
Beautify yourself for the special day
Furnish
To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles; to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnishedunto all good works.
Decorate
Be beautiful to look at;
Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
Furnish
To offer for use; to provide (something); to give (something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry: to furnish arms for defense.
Ye are they . . . that furnish the drink offering unto that number.
His writings and his life furnish abundant proofs that he was not a man of strong sense.
Decorate
Award a mark of honor, as a medal, to
Furnish
That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply.
Decorate
Provide with decoration;
Dress the windows
Furnish
Provide or furnish with;
We provided the room with an electrical heater
Furnish
Provide or equip with furniture;
We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style
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