The difference between Buff and Wax

When used as nouns, buff means undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals, whereas wax means beeswax.

When used as verbs, buff means to polish and make shiny by rubbing, whereas wax means to apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.

When used as adjectives, buff means of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow, whereas wax means made of wax.

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  1. Buff as a noun:

    Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.

  2. Buff as a noun:

    A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.

  3. Buff as a noun:

    A brownish yellow colour.

    Examples:

    "color paneF0DC82"

  4. Buff as a noun:

    A military coat made of buff leather.

  5. Buff as a noun (informal):

    A person who is very interested in a particular subject; an enthusiast.

    Examples:

    "He’s a real history buff. He knows everything there is to know about the [[civil war]]."

  6. Buff as a noun (video games, RPG):

    An effect that makes a character or item stronger.

    Examples:

    "I just picked up an epic damage buff! Let's go gank the other team!"

  7. Buff as a noun (rail transport):

    Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.

  8. Buff as a noun:

    The bare skin.

    Examples:

    "to strip to the buff"

  9. Buff as a noun:

    The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.

  10. Buff as a noun:

    A substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.

  1. Buff as an adjective:

    Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.

  2. Buff as an adjective (bodybuilding):

    Unusually muscular. (also buffed or buffed out)

    Examples:

    "The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl."

  3. Buff as an adjective (slang):

    Physically attractive.

  1. Buff as a verb:

    To polish and make shiny by rubbing.

    Examples:

    "He was already buffing the car's hubs."

  2. Buff as a verb (video games, RPG):

    To make a character or an item stronger.

    Examples:

    "The enchanter buffed the paladin to prepare him to fight the dragon."

    "I noticed that the pistols were buffed in the update."

  3. Buff as a verb (medical slang):

    To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.

  1. Buff as a verb:

    To strike.

  1. Buff as a noun (obsolete):

    A buffet; a blow.

  1. Buff as a noun (informal):

    A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.

  1. Wax as a noun:

    Beeswax.

  2. Wax as a noun:

    Earwax.

    Examples:

    "What role does the wax in your earhole fulfill?"

  3. Wax as a noun:

    Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.

  4. Wax as a noun:

    Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.

  5. Wax as a noun (uncountable):

    The phonograph record format for music.

  6. Wax as a noun (US, dialect):

    A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.

  7. Wax as a noun (US, slang):

    A type of drugs with as main ingredients weed oil and butane; hash oil

  1. Wax as an adjective:

    Made of wax.

  1. Wax as a verb (transitive):

    To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.

  2. Wax as a verb (transitive):

    To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.

  3. Wax as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To defeat utterly.

  4. Wax as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To kill, especially to murder a person.

  5. Wax as a verb (transitive, archaic, usually, of a musical or oral performance):

    To record.

  6. Wax as a verb (intransitive):

    To increase (phase of the Moon or other planet). Example The Moon is waxing.

  1. Wax as a verb (intransitive, with adjective):

    To increasingly assume the specified characteristic, become.

    Examples:

    "to [[wax lyrical]];  to wax eloquent;  to [[wax wode]]"

  2. Wax as a verb (intransitive, literary):

    To grow.

  3. Wax as a verb (intransitive, of the [[moon]]):

    To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.

  4. Wax as a verb (intransitive, of the [[tide]]):

    To move from low tide to high tide.

  1. Wax as a noun (rare):

    The process of growing.

  1. Wax as a noun (dated, colloquial):

    An outburst of anger.

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