different between veneer vs varnish

English

Etymology

From German Furnier, from furnieren (“to inlay, cover with a veneer”), from French fournir (“to furnish, accomplish”), from Middle French fornir, from Old French fornir, furnir (“to furnish”), from Old Frankish frumjan (“to provide”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjan? (“to further, promote”). Cognate with Old High German frumjan, frummen (“to accomplish, execute, provide”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at furnish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v??ni?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): [v??ni???]
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

veneer (countable and uncountable, plural veneers)

1. A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.
2. An attractive appearance that covers or disguises true nature or feelings.
   • 2014 December 5, "Joy From the World," The New York Times Magazine (retrieved 6 December 2014):

     “Yalda,” Dabashi says, “has managed to survive the centuries because it has been gently recodified with a Muslim veneer.”

Derived terms

• brick veneer

Translations

Verb

veneer (third-person singular simple present veneers, present participle veneering, simple past and past participle veneered)

1. (transitive, woodworking) To apply veneer to.

2. (transitive, figuratively) To disguise with apparent goodness.

Translations

Anagrams

• Vereen, enerve, evener

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.

Related terms

Translations

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.

Derived terms

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”)