Decoration
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation. That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament. Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.
Example sentence: We talk about feelings. And about sex. And about bodies, and their gratification, violation, repair, decoration, deferred, maybe permanently deferred, mortality. Feelings are a bodily thing, and respecting them is called, is, kindness.
Ornament
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An element of decoration.A Christmas tree decorationA musical flourish that are unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serve to decorate or "ornament" that line.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To decorate.To add to.
Example sentence: When I started studying architecture, people would say, you know, 'Can you tell me why are all modern buildings so boring?' Because, like, people had this idea that in the good old days, architecture had, like, ornament and little towers and spires and gargoyles, and today, it just becomes very practical.