The difference between Blunt and Pointed
When used as adjectives, blunt means having a thick edge or point, whereas pointed means sharp, barbed.
Blunt is also noun with the meaning: a fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
Blunt is also verb with the meaning: to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker.
check bellow for the other definitions of Blunt and Pointed
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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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Pointed as a verb:
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Pointed as an adjective (comparable):
Sharp, barbed; not dull.
Examples:
"The warrior brandished a pointed spear."
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Pointed as an adjective (not comparable):
In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.
Examples:
"The Siamese is a pointed breed of cat."
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Pointed as an adjective (comparable, of a comment or inference):
Directed negatively at a person or topic.