The difference between Processed and Refined
When used as adjectives, processed means that has completed a required process, whereas refined means sagacious, sometimes oversubtle or feigning sagacity.
Refined is also noun with the meaning: the refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form.
check bellow for the other definitions of Processed and Refined
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Processed as an adjective:
That has completed a required process.
Examples:
"The processed data can now be used to generate statistics."
"The bank returned her processed application by mail."
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Processed as an adjective:
Modified through manufacture such as refinement or food processing.
Examples:
"Processed foods are of dubious nutritional value."
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Processed as a verb:
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Refined as a verb:
Examples:
"The raw petroleum was refined into kerosene."
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Refined as an adjective:
Precise, freed from imprecision, particularly: Sagacious, sometimes oversubtle or feigning sagacity. Subtle, scrupulous, carefully thought out. Developed, improved.
Examples:
"The argument, while not persuasive, is quite refined."
"The curriculum has been carefully refined to meet the needs of foreign students."
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Refined as an adjective:
Cultured, freed from vulgarity, particularly: Elevated and polished. Elegant, sometimes affected, prissy, or bloodless.
Examples:
"In the British Isles, [[Oxbridge]] is considered refined; [[Geordie]] somewhat less so."
"[[w:Don Draper Don Draper]] was a man of refined tastes."
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Refined as an adjective:
Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities, particularly: Highly-processed and pure. Free of dross or alloy. Morally pure.
Examples:
"Under current guidelines, refined sugar must be at least five times purer than its raw counterpart."
"The Temple at Jerusalem preferred Tyrian shekels, since even with [[Ba'al]]'s portrait they bore highly refined silver."
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Refined as an adjective:
Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum.
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Refined as a noun:
The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form.
Examples:
"We're still purchasing copper ore, but the market for refined is weaker."