The difference between Hone and Polish

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 polish means a substance used to polish.

When used as verbs, hone means to sharpen with a hone, whereas polish means to shine.

check bellow for the other definitions of Hone and Polish

  1. 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.

  2. Hone as a noun:

    A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.

  1. Hone as a verb:

    To sharpen with a hone; to whet.

  2. Hone as a verb:

    To use a hone to produce a precision bore.

  3. Hone as a verb:

    To refine or master (a skill).

  4. Hone as a verb:

    To make more acute, intense, or effective.

  1. Hone as a noun:

    A kind of swelling in the cheek.

  1. Hone as a verb (UK, US, southern US, dialect):

    To grumble.

  2. Hone as a verb (UK, US, southern US, dialect):

    To pine, lament, or long.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Lamb"

  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."

    "rfquotek Francis Bacon"

  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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