Difference between Burnish and Flush

What is the difference between Burnish and Flush?

Burnish as a verb is to make smooth or shiny by rubbing; to polish; to shine. while Flush as a verb is to cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.

Burnish

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make smooth or shiny by rubbing; to polish; to shine.

Flush

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A cleansing with plenty of fluid.Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.wealthy or well off.Short for flush left and right; a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing lots of water.To cause to take flight from concealment.To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance.To take suddenly to flight, esp. from cover.(Toilets only) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.(Computer Science) To clear a buffer of its contents.

Example sentence: I didn't go to high school. I think that after you learn to read and write and do your numbers and flush the toilet behind yourself, you don't need no more schoolin'. You need to get out in the water and swim.

We hope you now know whether to use Burnish or Flush in your sentence.

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