Polished vs Polish - What's the difference?
polished | polish |
Made smooth or shiny by polishing.
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(polish)
Of, from or native to Poland, or relating to the Polish language.
Polished is a derived term of polish.
As verbs the difference between polished and polish
is that polished is (polish) while polish is to shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.As a adjective polished
is made smooth or shiny by polishing.As a noun polish is
a substance used to polish.polished
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,
- She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished , pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
Derived terms
* impolished * perpolished * polishedly * polishedness * unpolished * well-polishedVerb
(head)Anagrams
*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