Embellishment vs. Garnish
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 retellingsGarnishverb
(cooking) To ornament with something placed around it.
a dish garnished with parsleyEmbellishmentnoun
a superfluous ornament
Garnishverb
(archaic) To furnish; to supply.
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.
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 debtGarnishverb
decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
