Difference between Adorn and Embellish

What is the difference between Adorn and Embellish?

Adorn as a verb is make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate. while Embellish as a verb is to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

Adorn

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

Example sentence: Among the great names that adorn the roll of Nobel prize-winners in Medicine is that of Otto Meyerhof, my admired teacher and friend, to whose inspiration, guidance and encouragement I owe so very much.

Embellish

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality, to distort.

Example sentence: I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing.

We hope you now know whether to use Adorn or Embellish in your sentence.

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