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Sheen vs Shroff - What's the difference?

sheen | shroff |

As nouns the difference between sheen and shroff

is that sheen is splendor; radiance; shininess while shroff is a money-changer or banker in South Asia.

As an adjective sheen

is beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny.

As a verb sheen

is to shine; to glisten.

As a proper noun Sheen

is {{surname}.

sheen

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) shene, from (etyl)

Adjective

(wikipedia sheen) (en adjective)
  • (rare, poetic) beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny.
  • * Fairfax
    • Up rose each warrier bold and brave, / Glistening in filed steel and armor sheen .

    Noun

    (sheens)
  • splendor; radiance; shininess.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shine; to glisten.
  • * Byron
    • This town, / That, sheening far, celestial seems to be.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The letter in the Arabic script.

    • shroff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (India) A money-changer or banker in South Asia.
  • * 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Broken-Link Handicap’, Plain Tales from the Hills , Folio 2005, page 110:
    • Racing leads to the shroff quicker than anything else.
  • (Hong Kong) A cashier at a car park.