What is the difference between Stainless Steel and Brushed Steel?

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they are both strainlees steel one is nottextured and then other is... It's just that the brushed steel has been butted to created a desing. the main difference is this with stainless steel you well see lots of finger print often with brushed steel, they won't show as much or as often.

If I remember correctly, when we were buying appliances for the kitchen.....stainless steel has a smooth polished surface, mirror-like. Brushed steel is burnished(brushed, scuffed) so that it has a slight slight 'texture' to remove the mirror-like surface. Each is highly reflective but the brushed is less directly reflective. But then again I am NOT a professional decorator, merely givnig the information I remember.