decoration vs gong

decoration

noun
  • Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc. 

  • The use of exotic sugars as decoys to distract the immune system of a host 

  • Any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment or ornamentation. 

  • The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation. 

gong

noun
  • A medal or award, particularly Knight Bachelor. 

  • A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer. 

  • An advanced practice that cultivates such energy. 

  • A kind of cultivation energy, more powerful than qi. 

verb
  • To give an award or medal to. 

  • To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong. 

  • To warn. 

  • To halt (originally, a contestant in a talent show; later, a performer, a speaker). 

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