Difference between Buff and Furbish

What is the difference between Buff and Furbish?

Buff as a verb is to polish and make shiny. while Furbish as a verb is to polish or burnish.

Buff

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow. Unusually muscular. (also buffed) attractive.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To polish and make shiny. To make a character stronger.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals. A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing. A brownish yellow colour. A military coat made of buff leather. A person who is very interested in a particular subject; an enthusiast. An effect that makes a gaming character stronger. compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.

Example sentence: I've always been a Civil War buff. In fact, the ships that always fascinated me the most were the ironclads, because they were the start of an era.

Furbish

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To polish or burnish.To renovate or recondition.

We hope you now know whether to use Buff or Furbish in your sentence.

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