different between surround vs decorate

English

Etymology

From Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), from Middle French souronder, suronder, from Late Latin superund?, from super + und? (“to rise in waves”), from unda (“wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s???a?nd/
• Rhymes: -a?nd
• Hyphenation: sur?round

Verb

surround (third-person singular simple present surrounds, present participle surrounding, simple past and past participle surrounded)

1. (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 230c.

     and this way they get rid of those grand and stubborn opinions that surround them.

2. (transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
   • 1650, Thomas Fuller, A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine

     the body of that worthy patriarch […] should steal into that country in a clandestine way, and privately enter in at the postern door; rather let it solemnly surround the country

Synonyms

• bebay
• beleaguer
• beset

Translations

Noun

surround (plural surrounds)

1. (Britain) Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.
   • 1972, Frederick Forsyth, The Odessa File, Viking, SBN 670-52042-x, chapter 15, page 283:

     He drifted through the room, avoiding the furniture by instinct, closed the door that led to the passage, and only then flicked on his flashlight.

     It swept around the room, picking out a desk, a telephone, a wall of bookshelves, and a deep armchair, and finally settled on a handsome fireplace with a large surround of red brick.

Derived terms

• surround sound

English

Etymology

From Latin decoratus, past participle of decorare (“to adorn, distinguish, honor”), from decus (“ornament, grace, dignity, honor”), akin to decor (“elegance, grace, beauty, ornament”), from decet (“adorn, befit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?k??e?t/
• Hyphenation: dec?or?ate

Verb

decorate (third-person singular simple present decorates, present participle decorating, simple past and past participle decorated)

1. (transitive) To furnish with decorations.

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

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

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

5. (programming, transitive) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:decorate

Derived terms

• decorative
• decorator
• decoratress
• decoratrix
• redecorate

Related terms

• decoration

Translations

References

• decorate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• decorate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• recoated

Italian

Verb

decorate

1. second-person plural present and imperative of decorare

Latin

Verb

decor?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of decor?