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polish ~ Polish

[slightly different first vowel sound]

“Polish”, as a noun, is ‘a substance such as powder, paste or liquid used to give a bright shine to something; the decent, fine quality of someone’s manners, speech, etc.’; and as a verb, it is ‘to make the surface of something smooth and shiny by rubbing methodically; to make a person’s behaviour gentle and decent by teaching’,

e.g.

We need to polish our shoes regularly.

I bought some wax polish to polish the wooden floor our parlour.

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“Polish” (adjective, always with a capital ‘P’) is ‘the people or things belonging to Poland, a country in Europe’,

{The people of Poland are called ‘Poles’, always written with a capital ‘P’.}

e.g.

She needs to learn Polish language because she’s going to work in Poland.

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