different between burnished vs furbished

burnished

English

Alternative forms

  • burnisht

Verb

burnished

  1. simple past tense and past participle of burnish

Adjective

burnished (not comparable)

  1. Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).
    • 1700, John Dryden, "Palamon and Arcite", in Fables, Ancient and Modern:
      The frame of burnish'd steel, that cast a glare / From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air.
  2. (figuratively) Blazing, bright.

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furbished

English

Verb

furbished

  1. simple past tense and past participle of furbish

Adjective

furbished (comparative more furbished, superlative most furbished)

  1. Polished, burnished.
  2. Reconditioned.

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