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Polish vs Russian - What's the difference?

polish | russian |

As nouns the difference between polish and russian

is that polish is a substance used to polish while russian is a person from russia.

As a verb polish

is to shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.

As a proper noun russian is

the russian language.

As an adjective russian is

of or pertaining to russia.

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

    russian

    Alternative forms

    * (abbreviation):

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person from Russia.
  • An ethnic Russian: a member of the East Slavic ethnic group which is native to, and constitutes the majority of the population of, Russia.
  • A domestic cat breed.
  • A cat of this breed.
  • A type of juggling ball with a hard outer shell, filled with salt, sand or another similar substance.
  • Derived terms

    * Russianize / Russianise ** Russianization / Russianisation

    See also

    *

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Russian language.
  • See also

    * (ru)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to Russia.
  • Of or pertaining to the Russian language.
  • (dated) Of or pertaining to Rus.
  • Derived terms

    * Russian roulette * White Russian * Russian minutes

    See also

    ; Russian alphabet (Cyrillic) Vocabulary * Language list