What's the difference between new and refurbish?

New


Definition:

  • (superl.) Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion.
  • (superl.) Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes.
  • (superl.) Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction.
  • (superl.) As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man.
  • (superl.) Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous.
  • (superl.) Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.
  • (superl.) Fresh from anything; newly come.
  • (adv.) Newly; recently.
  • (v. t. & i.) To make new; to renew.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The liver metastasis was produced by intrasplenic injection of the fluid containing of KATOIII in nude mouse and new cell line was established using the cells of metastatic site.
  • (2) The femoral component, made of Tivanium with titanium mesh attached to it by a new process called diffusion bonding, retains superalloy fatigue strength characteristics.
  • (3) Apparently, the irradiation with visible light of a low intensity creates an additional proton gradient and thus stimulates a new replication and division cycle in the population of cells whose membranes do not have delta pH necessary for the initiation of these processes.
  • (4) If ascorbic acid was omitted from the culture medium, the extensive new connective tissue matrix was not produced.
  • (5) Neuropsychological testing is a relatively new field in the area of clinical neuroscience.
  • (6) says Gregg Wallace opening the new series of Celebrity MasterChef (Mon-Fri, 2.15pm, BBC1).
  • (7) A new balloon catheter has been developed for angioplasty.
  • (8) A new and simple method of serotyping campylobacters has been developed which utilises co-agglutination to detect the presence of heat-stable antigens.
  • (9) These results suggest the presence of a new antigen-antibody system for another human type C retrovirus related antigens(s) and a participation of retrovirus in autoimmune diseases.
  • (10) The combined analysis of pathogenesis and genetics associated with the salmonella virulence plasmids may identify new systems of bacterial virulence and the genetic basis for this virulence.
  • (11) The previous year, he claimed £1,415 for two new sofas, made two separate claims of £230 and £108 for new bed linen, charged £86 for a new kettle and kitchen utensils and made two separate claims, of £65 and £186, for replacement glasses and crockery.
  • (12) Richard Bull Woodbridge, Suffolk • Why does Britain need Chinese money to build a new atomic generator ( Letters , 20 October)?
  • (13) This new observation offers good possibilities to study the metabolism of tryptophan at the cellular level.
  • (14) Graft life is even more prolonged with patch angioplasty at venous outflow stenoses or by adding a new segment of PTFE to bypass areas of venous stenosis.
  • (15) Paradoxically, each tax holiday increases the need for the next, because companies start holding ever greater amounts of their tax offshore in the expectation that the next Republican government will announce a new one.
  • (16) Michael Schumacher’s manager hopes F1 champion ‘will be here again one day’ Read more Last year, Red Bull were frustrated by Mercedes, Ferrari and Honda as they desperately looked for a new engine supplier.
  • (17) The strongest predictor of non-sudden cardiac death was the New York Heart Association functional class.
  • (18) But RWE admitted it had often only been able to retain customers with expired contracts by offering them new deals with more favourable conditions.
  • (19) In the fall of 1975, 1,915 children in grades K through eight began a school-based program of supervised weekly rinsing with 0.2 percent aqueous solution of sodium fluoride in an unfluoridated community in the Finger Lakes area of upstate New York.
  • (20) Schneiderlin, valued at an improbable £27m, and the currently injured Jay Rodriguez are wanted by their former manager Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, but the chairman Ralph Krueger has apparently called a halt to any more outgoings, saying: “They are part of the core that we have decided to keep at Southampton.” He added: “Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.” The new manager Ronald Koeman has begun rebuilding by bringing in Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pellè from the Dutch league and Krueger said: “We will have players coming in, we will make transfers to strengthen the squad.

Refurbish


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To furbish anew.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) While visitors amble freely around the newly refurbished inside – the Pierhead is sure and steadfast in its role outside as the drastic red building, emblazoning the landscape of Cardiff Bay in all its regal beauty.
  • (2) Our aim is to complete the second phase of our redevelopment [the Front of House refurbishment] by then, which will require my full focus.
  • (3) Thompson said its sale "represents another milestone in the way the BBC is changing" from a number of broadcasting bases to key HQs in the capital and around the country, including the newly-refurbished Broadcasting House in central London and BBC North in Salford.
  • (4) Berrimah, built 35 years ago, has been beset by reports that it is too harsh an environment for children – particularly young female offenders, who will be housed in the former maximum security wing – and is falling apart, despite $800,000 worth of refurbishments.
  • (5) Public outrage is such that the Congress party is prepared to pay the price of potentially breaking their alliance with the DMK to refurbish their image," Paranjoy Thakurta, a respected commentator and journalist writing on corruption, told the Guardian.
  • (6) Some £60m was ploughed into refurbishments in 2013 with plans to invest the same amount in the new financial year.
  • (7) He changed the logo, moved the design studio from Paris to Los Angeles and started to refurbish the stores, decisions that were viewed with suspicion.
  • (8) Statue at New York Public Library , US TC Boyle , author Facebook Twitter Pinterest Refurbishment of the Rose reading room at New York Public Library.
  • (9) I think now in the the East End they are pinpointing a lot of the money into new flats and new housing estates and refurbishment of areas.
  • (10) He's planning next season's transfer strategy, he's involved in planning the refurbishment of Finch Farm" 4.07pm BST Top-notch mixture of fiction, straw-clutching and self-sacrifice here from Mark Judd: "I’ve never watched Game of Thrones so know little of what I talk about but if Wayne Rooney is advised to avoid weddings I’ll get remarried to anyone and invite him to the wedding if it ultimately gets him off the pay-roll at Old Trafford."
  • (11) We have seen continued investment in the playing squad; the expanded main stand; the new flagship retail store opening later this year; fully refurbished retail stores in Liverpool and Belfast; and we are consulting on a proposed development at our academy in Kirkby to bring together the first team and our young players.
  • (12) The hotel is adding 39 new rooms, due to open in June, as well as a refurbished fitness centre.
  • (13) A few years ago, he bought Lord Byron's old country estate in Hampton Court, and by all accounts the refurbishments would make Versailles look modest.
  • (14) The £40m dowry will be used to refurbish stores as Aeon outlets with the cash helping to preserve employment of Tesco's nearly 1,000 workforce.
  • (15) Revenues grew in the UK, however, where all its stores have been refurbished.
  • (16) So a rider was added to the contract at the end of 2013, authorising SETE not to refurbish the east lift or redevelop the area at the foot of the tower.
  • (17) His desire, he says, is to refurbish what he calls the "human rainbow.
  • (18) Culture secretary Maria Miller, communities secretary Eric Pickles and the prime minister's special representative for the centenary, Andrew Murrison, will unveil plans to spend more than £50m, including a substantial grant towards refurbishing the first world war galleries at the Imperial War Museum and a grant to make HMS Caroline, the last surviving warship from the battle of Jutland, into a floating museum.
  • (19) Like all cities in the UK, Leeds is already suffering from the effect of the coalition's first round of cuts over the summer: the end of Labour's £55bn Building Schools for the Future programme has hit the refurbishment or rebuilding programmes of more than 20 schools; funding has been culled from housing projects; school swimming pools and eco-towns plans, and plans to build 10 playgrounds are on hold.
  • (20) Local officials say 34 houses in the village of about 800 were too badly damaged to be refurbished.

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