Difference between sharpen and hone
Definitions
verb
- make crisp or more crisp and precise
- put (an image) into focus
- make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
- raise the pitch of (musical notes)
- become sharp or sharper
Examples
This knife needs sharpening.
Sharpening his rhetoric, what they call contrasting himself with Senator Clinton before she started fighting back.
A blunt knife may be sharpened on a stone, but if a man is stupid there is no help for his stupidity.
Definitions
noun
- a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
verb
- sharpen with a hone
- make perfect or complete
Examples
Divide half the mixture between 4 glass bowls, then sprinkle with a few fresh raspberries and a bit more crushed honeycomb.
So I cringe when a local newsperson shoves a microphone in the face of some young 95-pound twink (Straight Translation: a twink is a skinny homosexual with a lot of moxie).
Methone is a bit bigger than Anthe, at 3km (1.8 miles) in diameter, it too was discovered by the Cassini imaging team in 2004.
