Embellish and Pad

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Embellish verb - To add to the interest of by including made-up details.

Usage example: the story of the comic marriage proposal was embellished as it passed from one generation to the next in the family

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Pad is a synonym for embellish. In some cases you can use "Pad" instead a verb "Embellish".

Pad verb - To add to the interest of by including made-up details.

Usage example: the journalist was fired for padding certain stories to make them more interesting

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Embellish is a synonym for pad in elaborate topic. You can use "Embellish" instead a verb "Pad".

clothes	embellish clothes	pad clothes
story	embellish story	pad story

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