decoration vs imperfection

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. 

imperfection

noun
  • Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect. 

  • Something that makes something else less than perfect; a blemish, impurity, error, etc. 

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