Difference between elegance and polish
Definitions
noun
- a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics)
- a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
Examples
A few plum accents can bring in a note of elegance to any room; try a throw pillow or two, or a plum lampshade with a fringe?
* Got my project 5.9, with a lot of thrash and inelegance.
Just as the exquisite sea-anemones and all the graceful ocean-flowers die out at some fathoms below the surface, the elegances and suavities of life die out one by one as we sink through the social scale.
Definitions
verb
- make (a surface) shine
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
noun
- a preparation used in polishing
- a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
- the property of being smooth and shiny
Examples
I'll get all the engine cowls off, get all the dust out of it, and a lot of areas have to be repolished.
The principals of the local schools could be counted on for a couple of fresh scrubbed altar boys in charge of polished crucifix, candlesticks and dangerously toxic swinging thuribles.
From the early 1620s, coastal Indians supplied wampum (sacred shell beads, polished and strung in strands, belts, or sashes) to Dutch traders who exchanged it with inland natives for beaver pelts.
