Embellishment vs. Garnish

Embellishment vs. Garnish — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Embellishment and Garnish

Embellishmentnoun

An added touch; an ornamental addition; a flourish.

Garnishverb

To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.

Embellishmentnoun

elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail;

the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings

Garnishverb

(cooking) To ornament with something placed around it.

a dish garnished with parsley

Embellishmentnoun

a superfluous ornament

Garnishverb

(archaic) To furnish; to supply.

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Embellishmentnoun

the act of adding extraneous decorations to something

Garnishverb

To fit with fetters; to fetter.

Garnishverb

(legal) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to.

Garnishverb

(legal) To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnishee.

Garnishnoun

A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.

Garnishnoun

Pewter vessels in general.

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Garnishnoun

Something added for embellishment.

Garnishnoun

Clothes; garments, especially when showy or decorative.

Garnishnoun

(cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment.

Garnishnoun

Fetters.

Garnishnoun

A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners.

Garnishnoun

Cash.

Garnishnoun

something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration

Garnishnoun

any decoration added as a trimming or adornment

Garnishverb

take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support;

His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt

Garnishverb

decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods