The difference between Elegance and Polish

When used as nouns, elegance means grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners, whereas polish means a substance used to polish.

Polish is also verb with the meaning: to shine.

check bellow for the other definitions of Elegance and Polish

  1. Elegance as a noun:

    Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.

    Examples:

    "The bride was elegance personified."

  2. Elegance as a noun:

    Restraint and grace of style.

    Examples:

    "The simple dress had a quiet elegance."

  3. Elegance as a noun:

    The beauty of an idea characterized by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.

    Examples:

    "The proof of the theorem had a pleasing elegance."

  4. Elegance as a noun (countable, dated):

    A refinement or luxury.

  1. Polish as a noun:

    A substance used to polish.

    Examples:

    "A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily."

  2. Polish as a noun:

    Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.

    Examples:

    "The floor was waxed to a high polish."

  3. Polish as a noun:

    Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.

    Examples:

    "The lecturer showed a lot of polish at his last talk."

  1. Polish as a verb (transitive):

    To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.

    Examples:

    "He polished up the chrome until it gleamed."

  2. Polish as a verb (transitive):

    To refine; remove imperfections from.

    Examples:

    "The band has polished its performance since the last concert."

  3. Polish as a verb (transitive):

    To apply shoe polish to shoes.

  4. Polish as a verb (intransitive):

    To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.

    Examples:

    "Steel polishes well."

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  5. Polish as a verb (transitive):

    To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Milton"

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