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Sharpened vs Honed - What's the difference?

sharpened | honed |

As adjectives the difference between sharpened and honed

is that sharpened is having a sharp point or edge while honed is made sharp.

As verbs the difference between sharpened and honed

is that sharpened is past tense of sharpen while honed is past tense of hone.

sharpened

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Having a sharp point or edge.
  • a sharpened pencil
    a sharpened knife

    Antonyms

    * unsharpened

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sharpen)
  • honed

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Made sharp.
  • Made more accurate or precise.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (hone)
  • Anagrams

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