For the most part yes.
At the simplest and depending on who you talk too.
Polished balls would be the "smoothest", they would have a very fine surface texture ( A polished, glossy look) and maybe a polish/compound applied.
Dull/Sanded balls would have a coarser texture, more pronounced (visible) sanding lines on the surface.
A matte surface would be basically between the two others. It wouldn't be as coarse looking as the dull/sanded ball but not as shiny as the the polished one. You could see some fine sanding lines, but not as pronounced as the dull and it wouldn't be as "shiny" looking as the polished ball.
A lot depends on the grits used in sanding and the polishes applied. You could have a ball sanded with a coarse grit and then have a polish/compound applied over it, that would give you a matte type surface also.
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