The difference between Blunt and Harsh
When used as verbs, blunt means to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker, whereas harsh means to negatively criticize.
When used as adjectives, blunt means having a thick edge or point, whereas harsh means unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
Blunt is also noun with the meaning: a fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
check bellow for the other definitions of Blunt and Harsh
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Blunt as an adjective:
Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
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Blunt as an adjective:
Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
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Blunt as an adjective:
Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
Examples:
"the blunt admission that he had never liked my company"
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Blunt as an adjective:
Hard to impress or penetrate.
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Blunt as an adjective:
Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
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Blunt as a noun:
A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
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Blunt as a noun:
A short needle with a strong point.
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Blunt as a noun (smoking):
A marijuana cigar.
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Blunt as a noun (UK, slang, archaic, uncountable):
money
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Blunt as a noun:
A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.
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Blunt as a verb:
To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
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Blunt as a verb (figuratively):
To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
Examples:
"It blunted my appetite."
"My feeling towards her have been blunted."
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Harsh as an adjective:
Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
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Harsh as an adjective:
Severe or cruel.
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Harsh as a verb (intransitive, slang):
To negatively criticize.
Examples:
" Quit harshing me already, I said that I was sorry! "
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Harsh as a verb (transitive, slang):
to put a damper on (a mood).
Examples:
" Dude, you're harshing my buzz. "