burnish vs sheen

burnish

verb
  • To become bright, glossy, and smooth; to brighten, to gleam, to shine forth. 

  • Of a thing: to increase in size; to expand, to spread out, to swell. 

  • To appear positive and highly respected. 

  • Of a person's body: to grow large or stout; to fatten, to fill out. 

  • Of a stag: to remove the velvet (“skin and fine fur”) from (its antlers) by rubbing them against something; to velvet. 

  • To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine. 

  • To make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected. 

noun
  • A shiny layer applied to a surface or other thing. 

  • The making of something bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; (countable) an instance of this; a burnishing, a polishing, a shining. 

  • A shine of something which has been polished; a lustre, a polish. 

sheen

verb
  • To shine; to glisten. 

noun
  • Splendor; radiance; shininess. 

  • A thin layer of a substance (such as oil) spread on a solid or liquid surface. 

  • The letter ش in the Arabic script. 

adj
  • Beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny. 

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