Buff vs. Burnish
Difference Between Buff and Burnish
Buff➦
a yellowish-beige colour
a buff envelope
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Burnish➦
polish (something, especially metal) by rubbing
highly burnished armour
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Buff➦
a stout dull yellow leather with a velvety surface.
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Burnish➦
the shine on a highly polished surface.
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Buff➦
a stick, wheel, or pad used for polishing.
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Burnish➦
To make smooth or glossy by rubbing; polish.
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Buff➦
a person who is enthusiastically interested in and very knowledgeable about a particular subject
a computer buff
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Burnish➦
To rub with a tool that serves especially to smooth or polish.
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Buff➦
polish (something)
he buffed the glass until it gleamed
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Burnish➦
To improve or make more impressive
achievements that burnished her reputation.
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Buff➦
make (an element in a role-playing or video game) more powerful
there are cards that'll buff your troops
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Burnish➦
A smooth glossy finish or appearance; luster.
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Buff➦
(of a person or their body) in good physical shape with well-developed muscles
the driver was a buff blond named March
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Burnish➦
(transitive)
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Buff➦
A soft, thick, undyed leather made chiefly from the skins of buffalo, elk, or oxen.
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Burnish➦
To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
In pottery, a stone is sometimes used to burnish a pot before firing, giving it a smooth, shiny look.
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Buff➦
A military uniform coat made of such leather.
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Burnish➦
Of a stag: to remove the fur]] from (its antlers) by rubbing them against something; to velvet.
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Buff➦
A pale, light, or moderate yellowish pink to yellow, including moderate orange-yellow to light yellowish brown.
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Burnish➦
(figuratively) To make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected.
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Buff➦
A piece of soft material, such as velvet or leather, often mounted on a block and used for polishing.
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Burnish➦
(intransitive)
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Buff➦
One who is enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a subject
a Civil War buff.
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Burnish➦
To become bright, glossy, and smooth; to brighten, to gleam, to shine forth.
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Buff➦
Made or formed of buff
a buff jacket.
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Burnish➦
(figuratively) To appear positive and highly respected.
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Buff➦
Of the color buff.
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Burnish➦
Of a person's body: to grow large or stout; to fatten, to fill out.
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Buff➦
buff·er, buff·est Slang Having good muscle tone; physically fit and trim
buff athletes lifting weights at the gym.
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Burnish➦
(by extension) Of a thing: to increase in size; to expand, to spread out, to swell.
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Buff➦
To polish or shine with a piece of soft material.
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Burnish➦
(countable)
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Buff➦
To soften the surface of (leather) by raising a nap.
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Burnish➦
A shine of something which has been polished; a lustre, a polish.
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Buff➦
To make the color of buff.
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Burnish➦
A shiny layer applied to a surface or other thing.
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Buff➦
Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
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Burnish➦
(uncountable) The making of something bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; (countable) an instance of this; a burnishing, a polishing, a shining.
With a good burnish, the old table should fetch a higher price.
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Buff➦
A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
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Burnish➦
To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper.
The frame of burnished steel, that east a glareFrom far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air.
Now the village windows blaze,Burnished by the setting sun.
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Buff➦
(color) A brownish yellow colour.
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Burnish➦
To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.
A slender poet must have time to grow,And spread and burnish as his brothers do.
My thoughts began to burnish, sprout, and swell.
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Buff➦
A military coat made of buff leather.
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Burnish➦
The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster.
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Buff➦
(informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject.
He’s a real history buff. He knows everything there is to know about the civil war.
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Burnish➦
the property of being smooth and shiny
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Buff➦
An effect that makes a character or item stronger.
I just picked up an epic damage buff! Let's go gank the other team!
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Burnish➦
polish and make shiny;
buff the wooden floors
buff my shoes
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Buff➦
(rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
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Buff➦
(colloquial) The bare skin.
to strip to the buff
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Buff➦
The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
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Buff➦
Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
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Buff➦
(obsolete) A buffet; a blow.
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Buff➦
(informal) A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.
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Buff➦
(color) Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
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Buff➦
(bodybuilding) Unusually muscular.
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Buff➦
(slang) Physically attractive.
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Buff➦
To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
He was already buffing the car's hubs.
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Buff➦
To make a character or an item stronger.
The enchanter buffed the paladin to prepare him to fight the dragon.
I noticed that the pistols were buffed in the update.
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Buff➦
(medical slang) To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
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Buff➦
To strike.
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Buff➦
To stammer, stutter
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Buff➦
A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner.
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Buff➦
The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
A visage rough,Deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff.
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Buff➦
A military coat, made of buff leather.
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Buff➦
A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
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Buff➦
The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.
To be in buff is equivalent to being naked.
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Buff➦
A buffet; a blow; - obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff." See blindman's buff.
Nathless so sore a buff to him it lentThat made him reel.
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Buff➦
Made of buff leather.
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Buff➦
Of the color of buff.
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Buff➦
Firm; sturdy.
And for the good old cause stood buff,'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff.
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Buff➦
To strike.
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Buff➦
an ardent follower and admirer
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Buff➦
a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
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Buff➦
bare skin;
swimming in the buff
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Buff➦
a medium to dark tan color
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Buff➦
an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
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Buff➦
strike, beat repeatedly;
The wind buffeted him
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Buff➦
polish and make shiny;
buff the wooden floors
buff my shoes
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Buff➦
of the color of buff leather
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