Elaborate vs Polish - What's the difference?
elaborate | polish |
Highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
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Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
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*: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.
(used with'' on ''when used with an object ) To give further detail or explanation (about).
Of, from or native to Poland, or relating to the Polish language.
In lang=en terms the difference between elaborate and polish
is that elaborate is (used with'' on ''when used with an object ) to give further detail or explanation (about) while polish is to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.As verbs the difference between elaborate and polish
is that elaborate is (used with'' on ''when used with an object ) to give further detail or explanation (about) while polish is to shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.As an adjective elaborate
is highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated.As a noun polish is
a substance used to polish.elaborate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(elaborat)- What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate ?
- Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?
polish
English
(wikipedia Polish)Alternative forms
* (abbreviation):Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* Polish notation * reverse Polish notationSee also
* Pole * * (pl) * Language listExternal links
*Polish - English Dictionary]: from [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ Webster's Dictionary- the Rosetta Edition. * English heteronyms
