different between adorn vs diversify

English

Etymology

From Middle English adornen, adournen, from Latin ad?rn?re, present active infinitive of ad?rn?; from ad +? ?rn? (“furnish, embellish”). See adore, ornate. Replaced earlier Middle English aournen (“to adorn”) borrowed from Old French aorner, from the same Latin source.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??d??n/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??d??(?)n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n

Verb

adorn (third-person singular simple present adorns, present participle adorning, simple past and past participle adorned)

1. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
   • 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village

     At church, with meek and unaffected grace, / His looks adorned the venerable place.

Synonyms

• beautify
• bedeck
• decorate
• deck
• grace
• ornament
• prettify
• See also Thesaurus:decorate

Translations

Noun

adorn

1. (obsolete) adornment

Adjective

adorn

1. (obsolete) adorned; ornate

Related terms

Anagrams

• Ardon, Daron, Doran, Drona, NORAD, Nador, Nardo, Ronda, and/or, andro, andro-, norad, radon, rando

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French diversifier.

Verb

diversify (third-person singular simple present diversifies, present participle diversifying, simple past and past participle diversified)

1. (transitive) To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.

   Synonyms: variegate; see also Thesaurus:diversify

Translations

References

• diversify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• diversify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.