Refurbish vs Freshen - What's the difference?
refurbish | freshen |
To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.
To become fresh.
To make fresh.
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(of a cow) To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving.
* 1919 January, in The Chenango County Farm Bureau News , volume 5, number 1, page 7:
To make less salty; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients.
To refresh; to revive.
(nautical) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing.
To top up (a drink).
English ergative verbs
As verbs the difference between refurbish and freshen
is that refurbish is to rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance while freshen is to become fresh.refurbish
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*freshen
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(en verb)- I'm going to go freshen up.
- So go and freshen' yourself up, Amy; go and ' freshen yourself up, like a good girl.
- For Sale—Three registered holstein cows. Due to freshen the first of Jan. February and March. Prices that will sell. Age three and five years. Eugune Gibson, Smyrna.
- to freshen water, fish, or flesh
- (Spenser)
- to freshen a hawse
- (Totten)
