amplify vs refine

amplify

verb
  • To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand. 

  • To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation. 

  • To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current. 

  • To render larger, more extended, or more intense. 

refine

verb
  • To make nice or subtle. 

  • To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence. 

  • To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter. 

  • To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish. 

  • To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities. 

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