different between honed vs burnished

honed

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ho?nd/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /h??nd/
  • Rhymes: -??nd

Adjective

honed (comparative more honed, superlative most honed)

  1. Made sharp.
  2. Made more accurate or precise.

Translations

Verb

honed

  1. simple past tense and past participle of hone

Anagrams

  • hedon, hen do

Middle English

Verb

honed

  1. simple past/past participle of honen

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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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