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Defined vs Refined - What's the difference?

defined | refined |

As verbs the difference between defined and refined

is that defined is past tense of define while refined is past tense of refine.

As adjectives the difference between defined and refined

is that defined is having a definition or value while refined is showing or having good feelings or good taste.

defined

English

(wikipedia defined)

Verb

(head)
  • (define)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a definition or value.
  • (bodybuilding) Having extreme muscle separation as a result of low body fat.

    • Antonyms

    * (having a definition or value) undefined

    Related terms

    * definition

    refined

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing or having good feelings or good taste.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
  • An absence of coarseness.
  • Not vulgar.
  • Without impurities.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (refine)
    • The raw petroleum was refined into kerosene.

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