Hone vs Cultivate - What's the difference?
hone | cultivate |
A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
To sharpen with a hone .
To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
To refine or master (a skill).
To make more acute, intense, or effective.
To pine; to lament; to long.
To grow plants, notably crops
To nurture; to foster; to tend.
To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.
As verbs the difference between hone and cultivate
is that hone is to sharpen with a hone while cultivate is to grow plants, notably crops.As a noun hone
is a sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool or hone can be a kind of swelling in the cheek.hone
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* hone slate * hone stoneVerb
- (Lamb)
See also
* grit * sandpaper * steel * strop * swarfEtymology 2
Compare Icelandic word for "a knob".Derived terms
* honewort ----cultivate
English
Verb
(cultivat)- Farmers should cultivate their crops to get a good harvest.
- They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.
