Decorate vs. Embellish

Decorateverb

(transitive) To furnish with decorations.

Decorateverb

(transitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.

Decorateverb

(intransitive) To decorate an interior space, as a house, room, or office.

Decorateverb

(transitive) To honor by providing a medal, ribbon, or other adornment.

Decorateverb

To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item.

Decorateverb

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.

Decorateverb

make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;

Decorateverb

be beautiful to look at;

Decorateverb

award a mark of honor, as a medal, to

Decorateverb

provide with decoration;

Embellishverb

To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

Embellishverb

To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider.

Embellishverb

To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors.

Embellishverb

add details to

Embellishverb

be beautiful to look at;

Embellishverb

make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;

Embellishverb

make more beautiful