different between refine vs rework

English

Etymology

re- +? fine

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???fa?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n
• Hyphenation: re?fine

Verb

refine (third-person singular simple present refines, present participle refining, simple past and past participle refined)

1. (transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.

2. (intransitive) To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
3. (transitive) To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish.

4. (transitive, intransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
5. (transitive) To make nice or subtle.

Related terms

• refinable
• refinement
• refiner
• refinery

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Feiner, enfire, ferine, fineer

Portuguese

Verb

refine

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of refinar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of refinar
3. first-person singular imperative of refinar
4. third-person singular imperative of refinar

Spanish

Verb

refine

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of refinar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of refinar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of refinar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of refinar.

English

Etymology

re- +? work.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?w??(?)k/

Noun

rework (countable and uncountable, plural reworks)

1. The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding.

2. (in particular, food manufacturing) Taking unsaleable food and using it in the manufacture of other food.
3. Something redone, corrected or rebuilt.

4. Work done to correct defects associated with a deliverable product, plus any root cause analysis effort to identify the task(s) to be re-performed.

5. (countable) An instance of reworking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i??w??(?)k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k

Verb

rework (third-person singular simple present reworks, present participle reworking, simple past and past participle reworked or (rare) rewrought)

1. To redo, correct, or rebuild.

Anagrams

• worker