buff vs chrome

buff

verb
  • To polish and make shiny by rubbing. 

  • To strike. 

  • To make a character or an item stronger. 

  • To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner. 

adj
  • Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow. 

  • Physically attractive. 

  • Unusually muscular. 

noun
  • Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits. 

  • Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals. 

  • A military coat made of buff leather. 

  • A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo. 

  • The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. 

  • Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition. 

  • A brownish yellow colour. 

  • A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing. 

  • A person who is very interested in a particular subject. 

  • An effect that makes a character or item stronger. 

  • The bare skin. 

chrome

verb
  • To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing. 

  • To plate with chrome. 

noun
  • handguns 

  • Chromium, when used to plate other metals. 

  • The basic structural elements used in a graphical user interface, such as window frames and scroll bars, as opposed to the content. 

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