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Polish vs Ornate - What's the difference?

polish | ornate |

As verbs the difference between polish and ornate

is that polish is to shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding while ornate is (obsolete) to adorn; to honour.

As a noun polish

is a substance used to polish.

As an adjective ornate is

elaborately ornamented, often to excess.

polish

English

(wikipedia Polish)

Alternative forms

* (abbreviation):

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, from or native to Poland, or relating to the Polish language.

    • Derived terms

    * Polish notation * reverse Polish notation

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The language spoken in Poland.

    • See also

    * Pole * * (pl) * Language list

    External links

    * Polish - English Dictionary]: from [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition. * English heteronyms

    ornate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Elaborately ornamented, often to excess.
  • *
  • *:The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth?;. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”
  • Flashy, flowery or showy
  • Finely finished, as a style of composition.
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:a graceful and ornate rhetoric

    • Related terms

    * ornament

    External links

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    Verb

    (ornat)
  • (obsolete) To adorn; to honour.
    • They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. — Latimer.

    Anagrams

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