✅ Embellishment refers to decoration (The fashion was for dresses with almost no embellishment).

✅ Froufrou refers to excessive decoration (The costumes were covered in feathers and froufrou).

✅ Embellishment is a neutral word, suggesting a tasteful level of decoration. Froufrou is a more derogatory term, suggesting a level of decoration that is over the top or fussy.

✅ Procrastinate means to delay doing something (I procrastinated starting my homework).

✅ Shilly-shally means to dawdle or to waste time (I shilly-shallied on my way home).

✅ Procrastinate suggests intentionally putting something off, even if you’re using your time productively (I procrastinate on complicated tasks by doing simpler ones).

✅ Shilly-shally suggests being unproductive, whether or not you have something more important to do (I like to shilly-shally whenever I can).

✅ Delight refers to a strong sense of enjoyment and happiness (His delight with his new haircut was obvious).

✅ Glee refers to intense delight, which is often expressed openly (Her face was full of glee as she opened her presents).

✅ Delight and glee both suggest happiness and joy, but glee is more concentrated and triumphant than delight.

✅ Glee can also suggest joy over someone else’s misfortune (He couldn’t hide his glee when his rival lost the game).