different between polished vs voluble

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: p?l??sht, IPA^(key): /?p?l??t/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: p?l??sht, IPA^(key): /?p?l??t/
• Hyphenation: pol?ished

Adjective

polished (comparative more polished, superlative most polished)

1. Made smooth or shiny by polishing.

2. Refined, elegant.

   • She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

polished

1. simple past tense and past participle of polish

Anagrams

• depolish, lodeship

English

Etymology

From Middle French volubile, from Latin vol?bilis (“rolling”), from volv? (“roll”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v?l.j?.b?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?l.j?.b?l/
• Hyphenation: vol?u?ble

Adjective

voluble (comparative more voluble, superlative most voluble)

1. (of a person or a manner of speaking) Fluent or having a ready flow of speech.

   Synonyms: garrulous, loquacious, tonguey; see also Thesaurus:talkative

   Antonym: halting
2. Of thoughts, feelings, or something that is expressed: expressed readily or at length and in a fluent manner.
   • 1886, William Dean Howells, The Minister's Charge, ch. 6:

     [H]e heard the voice of the drunken woman, now sober, poured out in voluble remorse, and in voluble promise of amendment for the future, to every one who passed, if they would let her off easy.
3. Easily rolling or turning; having a fluid, undulating motion.

   Synonym: steady

   • 1935, Leonard Barnes, Zulu Paraclete: A Sentimental Record, Peter Davies, page 22:

     Seen from the west, their sky-line gallops away north and south like a sea-serpent in voluble motion.

4. (botany) Twisting and turning like a vine.

Related terms

• volubility
• volubleness

Translations

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vol?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo?luble/, [bo?lu.??le]

Adjective

voluble (plural volubles)

1. voluble; fickle

Further reading

• “voluble” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vol?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo?luble/, [bo?lu.??le]

Adjective

voluble (plural volubles)

1. voluble; fickle

Further reading

• “voluble” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.