fine-tune vs over-refine

fine-tune and over-refine both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fine-tune	No	No	Yes	No
over-refine	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, over-refine is a hyponym of fine-tune; that is, over-refine is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fine-tune:

fine-tune: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
over-refine: refine too much or with excess of subtlety

Other hyponyms of fine-tune include overrefine, civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, school, train.

fine-tune (verb)	over-refine (verb)
adjust finely	refine too much or with excess of subtlety
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring

fine-tune vs over-refine

fine-tune and over-refine both are verbs.

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