embellish vs set off

embellish

verb
  • To enhance by adding something not strictly integral or necessary. 

  • To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate. 

  • To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider. 

set off

verb
  • To enhance by emphasizing differences. 

  • To put into an angry mood; to start (a person) ranting or sulking, etc. 

  • To leave; to begin a journey or trip. 

  • To offset, to compensate for: to reduce the effect of, by having a contrary effect. 

  • To deface or soil the next sheet; said of the ink on a freshly printed sheet, when another sheet comes in contact with it before it has had time to dry. 

  • To begin; to cause; to initiate. 

  • To cause to explode, let off. 

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