The difference between Polish and Refine

When used as verbs, polish means to shine, whereas refine means to purify.

Polish is also noun with the meaning: a substance used to polish.

check bellow for the other definitions of Polish and Refine

Polish as a noun:

A substance used to polish.

Examples:

"A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily."
Polish as a noun:

Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.

Examples:

"The floor was waxed to a high polish."
Polish as a noun:

Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.

Examples:

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

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."
Polish as a verb (transitive):

To refine; remove imperfections from.

Examples:

"The band has polished its performance since the last concert."
Polish as a verb (transitive):

To apply shoe polish to shoes.
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"
Polish as a verb (transitive):

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

Examples:

"rfquotek Milton"

Refine as a verb (transitive):

To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities

Examples:

"to refine gold"

"to refine iron"

"to refine wine"

"to refine sugar"
Refine as a verb (intransitive):

To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
Refine as a verb (transitive):

To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance etc.; to polish.

Examples:

"to refine someone's manners"

"to refine a language"

"A refined style"

"to refine one's tastes"
Refine as a verb (ambitransitive):

To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
Refine as a verb (transitive):

To make nice or subtle

Examples:

"to refine thought"

"to refine someone's language"