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Uplift vs Refine - What's the difference?

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Uplift is a related term of refine.


As verbs the difference between uplift and refine

is that uplift is to raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level while refine is .

As a noun uplift

is the act or result of being uplifted.

uplift

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or result of being uplifted.
  • (geology) A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.
  • (colloquial) A brassiere that raises the breasts.
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    refine

    English

    Verb

    (refin)
  • To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify
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  • To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or excellent; to polish.
  • To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter.
  • To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
  • To affect nicety or subtlety in thought or language.
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