ethereal vs refined

ethereal

adj
  • Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc. 

  • Pertaining to the (real or hypothetical) upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere. 

  • To do with diethyl ether. 

  • Pertaining to the immaterial realm, as symbolically represented by, or (in earlier epochs) conflated with, such atmospheric and extra-atmospheric concepts. 

refined

adj
  • Elegant, sometimes (derogatory) affected, prissy, or bloodless. 

  • Developed, improved. 

  • Subtle, scrupulous, carefully thought out. 

  • Highly-processed and pure. 

  • Free of dross or alloy. 

  • Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum. 

  • Elevated and polished. 

noun
  • The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form. 

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