The difference between Polish and Shine

When used as nouns, polish means a substance used to polish, whereas shine means brightness from a source of light.

When used as verbs, polish means to shine, whereas shine means to emit light.

check bellow for the other definitions of Polish and Shine

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"

Shine as a verb (intransitive):

To emit light.
Shine as a verb (intransitive):

To reflect light.
Shine as a verb (intransitive):

To distinguish oneself; to excel.

Examples:

"My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shone at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team."
Shine as a verb (intransitive):

To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
Shine as a verb (intransitive):

To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
Shine as a verb (intransitive):

To be immediately apparent.
Shine as a verb (transitive):

To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).

Examples:

"I shone my light into the darkness to see what was making the noise."
Shine as a verb (transitive):

To cause to shine, as a light.
Shine as a verb (US, transitive):

To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.

Examples:

"in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them"

"rfquotek Bartlett"

Shine as a noun:

Brightness from a source of light.
Shine as a noun:

Brightness from reflected light.
Shine as a noun:

Excellence in quality or appearance.
Shine as a noun:

Shoeshine.
Shine as a noun:

Sunshine.
Shine as a noun (slang):

Moonshine.
Shine as a noun (cricket):

The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
Shine as a noun (slang):

A liking for a person; a fancy.

Examples:

"She's certainly taken a shine to you."
Shine as a noun (archaic, slang):

A caper; an antic; a row.

Shine as a verb (transitive):

To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).

Examples:

"He shined my shoes until they were polished smooth and gleaming."
Shine as a verb (transitive, cricket):

To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one's clothing.