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Furnish vs. Decorate — What's the Difference?

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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