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Refinement vs Symmetry - What's the difference?

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Refinement is a related term of symmetry.


As nouns the difference between refinement and symmetry

is that refinement is the act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material while symmetry is exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.

refinement

English

(wikipedia refinement)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
  • High-class style; cultivation.
  • A fine or subtle distinction.

    • symmetry

    English

    (wikipedia symmetry)

    Noun

    (symmetries)
  • Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.
  • (uncountable) The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=1 citation , passage=She was like a Beardsley Salome , he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry .}}

    Related terms

    * symmetric

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