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Honed vs Boned - What's the difference?

honed | boned |

As adjectives the difference between honed and boned

is that honed is made sharp while boned is (in combination ) having some specific type of bone.

As verbs the difference between honed and boned

is that honed is (hone) while boned is (bone).

honed

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Made sharp.
  • Made more accurate or precise.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (hone)

    • Anagrams

    *

    boned

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bone)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (in combination ) Having some specific type of bone.
  • (slang) beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
  • * 1999 March, Matt Groening, “Space Pilot 3000”, Futurama , season 1, episode 1
    • Bender:'' Well, we're boned ! / ''Leela: Can't we get away in the ship?
  • (slang) Broken.

    • Derived terms

    * big-boned

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • order, purchase

    • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun)

    Derived terms

    * bonedabuk *