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Polished vs Polish - What's the difference?

polished | polish |

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)
  • Made smooth or shiny by polishing.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword 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,
  • Refined, elegant.
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  • 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-polished

    Verb

    (head)
  • (polish)
  • Anagrams

    *

    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