Polish vs. Refine — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Polish and Refine
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Polish
Of or relating to Poland, the Poles, their language, or their culture.
Refine
Remove impurities or unwanted elements from (a substance), typically as part of an industrial process
Sugar was refined by boiling it in huge iron vats
Polish
The Slavic language of the Poles.
Refine
To reduce to a pure state; purify.
Polish
Smoothness or shininess of surface or finish.
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Refine
To remove by purifying.
Polish
A substance containing chemical agents or abrasive particles and applied to smooth or shine a surface
Shoe polish.
Refine
To free from coarse, unsuitable, or immoral characteristics
Refined his manners.
Refined her speaking style.
Polish
The act or process of polishing
Gave the lamp a polish.
Refine
To become free of impurities.
Polish
Elegance of style or manners; refinement.
Refine
To acquire polish or elegance.
Polish
To make smooth and shiny by rubbing or chemical action.
Refine
To use precise distinctions and subtlety in thought or speech.
Polish
To remove the outer layers from (grains of rice) by rotation in drums.
Refine
(transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.
To refine gold
To refine iron
To refine wine
To refine sugar
Polish
To refine or remove flaws from; perfect or complete
Polish one's piano technique.
Polish up the lyrics.
Refine
(intransitive) To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
Polish
To become smooth or shiny by being rubbed
The table polishes up nicely.
Refine
(transitive) To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish.
To refine someone's manners
To refine a language
A refined style
To refine one's tastes
Polish
A substance used to polish.
A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily.
Refine
(ambitransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
Polish
Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
The floor was waxed to a high polish.
Refine
(transitive) To make nice or subtle.
To refine thought
To refine someone's language
Polish
Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
The lecturer showed a lot of polish at his last talk.
Refine
To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar.
I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined.
Polish
(transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
He polished up the chrome until it gleamed.
Refine
To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or exellent; to polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings.
Love refinesThe thoughts, and heart enlarges.
Polish
(transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from.
The band has polished its performance since the last concert.
Refine
To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter.
So the pure, limpid stream, when foul with stains,Works itself clear, and, as it runs, refines.
Polish
(transitive) To apply shoe polish to shoes.
Refine
To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
Chaucer refined on Boccace, and mended his stories.
But let a lord once own the happy lines,How the wit brightens! How the style refines!
Polish
(intransitive) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
Steel polishes well.
Refine
To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or language.
Polish
(transitive) To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.
Refine
Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing;
Refine one's style of writing
Polish
Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.
Refine
Make more complex, intricate, or richer;
Refine a design or pattern
Polish
To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc.
Refine
Treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition;
Refine paper stock
Refine pig iron
Refine oil
Polish
Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners.
Refine
Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities;
Refine sugar
Polish
To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well.
Refine
Attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying;
Many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet
Polish
A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster.
Another prism of clearer glass and better polish.
Refine
Make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of;
Refine a method of analysis
Refine the constant in the equation
Polish
Anything used to produce a gloss.
Polish
Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.
This Roman polish and this smooth behavior.
Polish
The property of being smooth and shiny
Polish
A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality;
They performed with great polish
I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose
Almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art
Polish
A preparation used in polishing
Polish
The Slavic language of Poland
Polish
(of surfaces) make shine;
Shine the silver, please
Polish my shoes
Polish
Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing;
Refine one's style of writing
Polish
Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state;
Polish your social manners
Polish
Of or relating to Poland or its people or culture;
Polish sausage
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