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Diminished vs Burnished - What's the difference?

diminished | burnished |

As verbs the difference between diminished and burnished

is that diminished is (diminish) while burnished is (burnish).

As adjectives the difference between diminished and burnished

is that diminished is lessened, reduced while burnished is polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).

diminished

English

Verb

(head)
  • (diminish)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • lessened, reduced.
    • The diminished Roman Empire never recovered from the sack of Rome.
  • (music) reduced by a semitone

    • burnished

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).
  • *
  • *:The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (burnish)