different between clarification vs refinement

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French clarification, from Latin cl?rific?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klæ??f??ke???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

clarification (countable and uncountable, plural clarifications)

1. The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.

2. The act of freeing from obscurities.

Quotations

• 1627, Sir Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: Or a Natural History in Ten Centuries

  To know the means of accelerating clarification [in liquors] we must know the causes of clarification.

Related terms

• clarifier
• clarify

Translations

See also

• qualification
• sedimentation

References

• clarification in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French clarification, from Latin cl?rific?ti?; equivalent to clarifier +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kla.?i.fi.ka.sj??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

clarification f (plural clarifications)

1. clarification

Related terms

• see clair

Further reading

• “clarification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cl?rific?ti?.

Noun

clarification f (plural clarifications)

1. clarification

Descendants

• French: clarification
• ? English: clarification

English

Etymology

refine +? -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???fa?nm?nt/, /???fa?nm?nt/
• Hyphenation: re?fine?ment

Noun

refinement (countable and uncountable, plural refinements)

1. The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
2. High-class style; cultivation.
3. A fine or subtle distinction.

Translations