The difference between Hone and Perfect
When used as nouns, hone means a sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool, whereas perfect means the perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
When used as verbs, hone means to sharpen with a hone, whereas perfect means to make perfect.
Perfect is also adjective with the meaning: fitting its definition precisely.
check bellow for the other definitions of Hone and Perfect
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Hone as a noun:
A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
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Hone as a noun:
A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
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Hone as a verb:
To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
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Hone as a verb:
To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
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Hone as a verb:
To refine or master (a skill).
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Hone as a verb:
To make more acute, intense, or effective.
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Hone as a noun:
A kind of swelling in the cheek.
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Hone as a verb (UK, US, southern US, dialect):
To grumble.
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Hone as a verb (UK, US, southern US, dialect):
To pine, lament, or long.
Examples:
"rfquotek Lamb"
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Perfect as an adjective:
Fitting its definition precisely.
Examples:
"a perfect circle"
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Perfect as an adjective:
Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
Examples:
"That bucket with the hole in the bottom is a poor bucket, but it is perfect for watering plants."
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Perfect as an adjective:
Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented.
Examples:
"Practice makes perfect."
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Perfect as an adjective:
Excellent and delightful in all respects.
Examples:
"a perfect day"
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Perfect as an adjective (grammar, of a tense or verb form):
Representing a completed action.
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Perfect as an adjective (biology):
Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
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Perfect as an adjective (botany):
Of flowers, having both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts.
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Perfect as an adjective (analysis):
Of a set, that it is equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
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Perfect as an adjective (music):
Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.
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Perfect as an adjective (of a [[cocktail]]):
Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
Examples:
"a perfect Manhattan;  a perfect Rob Roy"
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Perfect as an adjective (obsolete):
Well informed; certain; sure.
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Perfect as a noun (grammar):
The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
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Perfect as a noun (video games):
A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.
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Perfect as a verb (transitive):
To make perfect; to improve or hone.
Examples:
"I am going to perfect this article."
"You spend too much time trying to perfect your dancing."
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Perfect as a verb (legal):
To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.
Examples:
"perfect an appeal''; ''perfect an interest''; ''perfect a judgment"
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