The difference between Furbish and Polish
When used as verbs, furbish means to polish or burnish, whereas polish means to shine.
Polish is also noun with the meaning: a substance used to polish.
check bellow for the other definitions of Furbish and Polish
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Furbish as a verb:
To polish or burnish.
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Furbish as a verb:
To renovate or recondition.
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Polish as a noun:
A substance used to polish.
Examples:
"A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily."
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Polish as a noun:
Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
Examples:
"The floor was waxed to a high polish."
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Polish as a noun:
Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
Examples:
"The lecturer showed a lot of polish at his last talk."
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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."
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Polish as a verb (transitive):
To refine; remove imperfections from.
Examples:
"The band has polished its performance since the last concert."
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Polish as a verb (transitive):
To apply shoe polish to shoes.
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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."
"rfquotek Francis Bacon"
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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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