Hone vs Grindstone - What's the difference?
hone | grindstone |
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.
As nouns the difference between hone and grindstone
is that 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 while grindstone is an abrasive wheel for sharpening, polishing or grinding.As a verb hone
is to sharpen with a hone .hone
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* hone slate * hone stoneVerb
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