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Polish vs Twinkle - What's the difference?

polish | twinkle |

As nouns the difference between polish and twinkle

is that polish is a substance used to polish while twinkle is a sparkle or glimmer of light.

As verbs the difference between polish and twinkle

is that polish is to shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding while twinkle is (of a source of light) to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.

polish

English

(wikipedia Polish)

Alternative forms

* (abbreviation):

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, from or native to Poland, or relating to the Polish language.
  • Derived terms

    * Polish notation * reverse Polish notation

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The language spoken in Poland.
  • See also

    * Pole * * (pl) * Language list

    twinkle

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (of a source of light) to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer
  • We could see the lights of the village twinkling in the distance.
  • * Sir Isaac Newton
  • These stars do not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • The western sky twinkled with stars.
  • (chiefly, of eyes) to be bright with delight
  • His shrewd little eyes twinkled roguishly.
  • to bat, blink or wink the eyes
  • * Mrs. Juliet M. Hueffer Soskice, "Reminiscences of an Artist's Granddaughter",
  • She smiled and gave a little nod and twinkled her eyes
  • * L'Estrange
  • The owl fell a moping and twinkling .
  • to flit to and fro
  • * Dorothy Gilman, "Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle"
  • A butterfly twinkled among the vines

    Synonyms

    * glimmer * scintillate * wink

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a sparkle or glimmer of light
  • * Robert De Beaugrande, "Text, Discourse, and Process",
  • Soon the rocket was out of sight, and the flame was only seen as a tiny twinkle of light.
  • a sparkle of delight in the eyes.
  • He was a rotund, jolly man with a twinkle in his eye.
  • a flitting movement
  • * James Russell Lowell, "Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell",
  • I saw the twinkle of white feet,