different between varnish vs hardener

English

Etymology

From Middle English vernisch, from Old French vernis, from Medieval Latin vernix, veronix, from Byzantine Greek ???????? (Bereník?, “Berenice”), a town in Cyrenaica, now called Benghazi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v??(?)n??/

Noun

varnish (countable and uncountable, plural varnishes)

1. A type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film.
2. Anything resembling such a paint; glossy appearance.
3. (by extension) A deceptively showy appearance.

4. (rail transport, US, informal, dated) a passenger train, probably derived from the varnished passenger cars used at one time.
   • 1959, "Steam's Finest Hour" edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co.

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Verb

varnish (third-person singular simple present varnishes, present participle varnishing, simple past and past participle varnished)

1. (intransitive) To apply varnish.
2. (transitive) To cover up with varnish.
3. (transitive) To gloss over a defect.

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Translations

Anagrams

• Harvins, hrivnas

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English varnish.

Noun

varnish f (genitive singular varnish, plural varnishyn)

1. varnish

Synonyms

• lossanagh

Derived terms

• varnish ingney (“nail varnish”)

English

Etymology

harden +? -er

Noun

hardener (plural hardeners)

1. One who, or that which, hardens.

   the hardener of hearts

2. A chemical substance added to something in order to harden it; used especially with paints, varnishes and resins.

Anagrams

• reharden