Which is correct? (Xmas Decoration Edition)

[JustSayOV]

The no-pic calls the below Christmas Balls.

I call the below Christmas Bulbs.

Her reasoning: Its not a light bulb, there is no filament in them or nothing, its a round ball.

My reasoning: Its a hollow glass sphere or bulb, regardless of filament or not. If it was dense or not glass, I would agree with it being a ball, but they are not.

What say you HBOT, who is correct here?

 

[Moral]

Ornament

 

[Aardvark86]

i'M NOT a stickler here and my opinion is not a strong one, as most of my ornaments are not spherical.

 

[InsaneHawkJJP]

It’s an ornament. I’ve told your wife that before, but we both know she never listens.

 

[JustSayOV]

i'M NOT a stickler here and my opinion is not a strong one, as most of my ornaments are not spherical.

Agreed. I have tons of other ornaments we hang on the tree of all shapes and sizes, but the round glass ones are the bulbs!

 

[bagdropper]

I've always thought of that specifically as a bulb. Yes, it is an ornament, but more than one specific thing can be an ornament.

 

[BrianNole777]

It’s an ornament. I’ve told your wife that before, but we both know she never listens.

She listens to most of us.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Ornament would work 100% but I would call that a bulb.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

I've always thought of that specifically as a bulb. Yes, it is an ornament, but more than one specific thing can be an ornament.

This

 

[InsaneHawkJJP]

She listens to most of us.

Does she though? Your mom on the other hand is very submissive.

 

[gohawks50]

Your wife is right. This is a Christmas bulb:

 

[JustSayOV]

I've always thought of that specifically as a bulb. Yes, it is an ornament, but more than one specific thing can be an ornament.

Agreed.

These (and a plethura of any other things) are examples of ornaments:

 

[JustSayOV]

Your wife is right. This is a Christmas bulb:

No that is a light bulb.

 

[Aardvark86]

this is one of those days when i sorta wish i had the subscription to the oed

 

[gohawks50]

No that is a light bulb.

What kind of a light bulb?

 

[JustSayOV]

What kind of a light bulb?

A red one

 

[SeaPA]

The glass things that break when the cat knocks them to the ground are bulbs; there's no requirement for something to have a filament to be a bulb - tulips, onions, and other plants grow from bulbs, and the rubber ball at the end of a turkey baster is a bulb.

Oh, and OPs mom plays with my Christmas balls.

 

[The Tradition]

Balls

 

[NDallasRuss]

Seems that, by definition, it's an ornament. ("a thing used to make something look more attractive but usually having no practical purpose, especially a small object such as a figurine.") Specifically, a Christmas tree ornament. The shape of an ornament is immaterial. It's not a "ball" because it doesn't fit the definition of a "ball". For the same reason, it's not a "bulb".

 

[gohawks50]

A red one

I think the word you're looking for is bauble.

 

[artradley]

Your wife is right. This is a Christmas bulb:

That is a Christmas light bulb.

 

[JustSayOV]

I think the word you're looking for is bauble.

I too just saw that online. Apparently that might be more of a European thing?

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[ICWestfan]

Ornament

JFC, let's leave the scientific terms at home.

OP- Rules please.

 

[gohawks50]

I too just saw that online. Apparently that might be more of a European thing?

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You must be an immigrant

 

[CaboKP]

Ornament

 

[tarheelbybirth]

The glass things that break when the cat knocks them to the ground are bulbs; there's no requirement for something to have a filament to be a bulb - tulips, onions, and other plants grow from bulbs, and the rubber ball at the end of a turkey baster is a bulb.

Oh, and OPs mom plays with my Christmas balls.

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