Varnish vs Venturine - What's the difference?
varnish | venturine |
A type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film.
Anything resembling such a paint; glossy appearance.
* Macaulay
(by extension) A deceptively showy appearance.
* Shakespeare
To apply varnish.
To cover up with varnish.
To gloss over a defect.
As nouns the difference between varnish and venturine
is that varnish is a type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film while venturine is gold powder for covering varnished surfaces in japanning.As a verb varnish
is to apply varnish.varnish
English
Noun
(es)- the varnish of the holly and ivy
- And set a double varnish on the fame / The Frenchman gave you.