The difference between Refined and Sophisticated

When used as adjectives, refined means sagacious, sometimes oversubtle or feigning sagacity, whereas sophisticated means having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté.

Refined is also noun with the meaning: the refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form.

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  1. Refined as a verb:

    Examples:

    "The raw petroleum was refined into kerosene."

  1. 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."

  2. 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."

  3. 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."

  4. Refined as an adjective:

    Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum.

  1. 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."

  1. Sophisticated as an adjective:

    Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan.

  2. Sophisticated as an adjective:

    Elegant, refined.

  3. Sophisticated as an adjective:

    Complicated, especially of complex technology.

  4. Sophisticated as an adjective:

    Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.

  5. Sophisticated as an adjective (obsolete, UK):

    Dishonest or misleading.

  6. Sophisticated as an adjective (obsolete, UK):

    Impure; adulterated.

  1. Sophisticated as a verb:

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