different between polish vs training

English

Etymology

From Middle English polishen, from Old French poliss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of polir, from Latin pol?re (“to polish, make smooth”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: p?'l?sh, IPA^(key): /?p?l??/
• (US) enPR: pä'l?sh, IPA^(key): /?p?l??/

Noun

polish (countable and uncountable, plural polishes)

1. A substance used to polish.

2. Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.

3. Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.

Synonyms

• (substance): wax
• (smoothness, shininess): finish, sheen, shine, shininess, smoothness
• (cleanliness in performance or presentation): class, elegance, panache, refinement, style

Derived terms

• depolish
• expolish
• repolish

Related terms

• polissoir

Translations

See also

• apple-polish
• French polish
• furniture polish
• glacial polish
• nail polish
• polish remover
• shoe polish
• spit and polish
• stove polish
• varnish polish

Verb

polish (third-person singular simple present polishes, present participle polishing, simple past and past participle polished)

1. (transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.

3. (transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from.
   • 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations

     Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.

4. (transitive) To apply shoe polish to shoes.
5. (intransitive) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
   • a. 1626, Francis Bacon, Inquisitions touching the compounding of metals

     The other [gold], whether it will polish so well Wherein for the latter [brass] it is probable it will

6. (transitive) To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing): wax, shine, buff, furbish, burnish, smooth, bone
• (refine): hone, perfect, refine

Derived terms

• polishable
• polished
• polisher
• polishing
• polishment
• polishure
• repolish
• unpolish

Related terms

• polite

Translations

See also

• interpolish
• polish off
• polish up, polish up on

Further reading

• polish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• polish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• polish at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Hislop, philos

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?e?n??/
• Rhymes: -e?n??
• Hyphenation: train?ing

Verb

training

1. present participle of train

Noun

training (usually uncountable, plural trainings)

1. Action of the verb to train. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.
3. The result of good social upbringing.
4. (computing) The process by which two modems determine which protocol and speed to use; handshaking.
5. (voice recognition) The recording of multiple samples of a user's voice to aid pattern recognition.

Usage notes

• The plural trainings, for more than one training session, is not often used.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• atrining

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English training.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tre?.n??/
• Hyphenation: trai?ning
• Rhymes: -e?n??

Noun

training m (plural trainingen or trainings)

1. training (imparting or acquisition of skills, esp. in exercise and sports, also in chiefly extracurricular education)
2. a training session

Derived terms

• trainingsbroek
• trainingskamp
• trainingspak
• voetbaltraining

Spanish

Noun

training m (plural trainings)

1. training