Hone
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool. A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To sharpen with a hone. To use a hone to produce a precision bore. To refine or master (a skill). To make more acute, intense, or effective.
Example sentence: The best advice I was probably given and the best advice I could give someone who is trying to get into the comedy field is to take advantage of every opportunity you have to work to hone your skills.
Perfect
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Fitting its definition precisely.Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.Thoroughly skilled or talented.Excellent and delightful in all respects.(of a tense or verb form) Representing a completed action.Sexually mature and fully differentiated.Having both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts.Of a set, that it is equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make perfect; to improve or hone.To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.
Example sentence: The weather is perfect. The gods are shining on us.