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

  1. Blunt as an adjective:

    Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.

  2. Blunt as an adjective:

    Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.

  3. 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"

  4. Blunt as an adjective:

    Hard to impress or penetrate.

  5. Blunt as an adjective:

    Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.

  1. Blunt as a noun:

    A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.

  2. Blunt as a noun:

    A short needle with a strong point.

  3. Blunt as a noun (smoking):

    A marijuana cigar.

  4. Blunt as a noun (UK, slang, archaic, uncountable):

    money

  5. Blunt as a noun:

    A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.

  1. Blunt as a verb:

    To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.

  2. 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."

  1. Pointed as a verb:

  1. Pointed as an adjective (comparable):

    Sharp, barbed; not dull.

    Examples:

    "The warrior brandished a pointed spear."

  2. 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."

  3. Pointed as an adjective (comparable, of a comment or inference):

    Directed negatively at a person or topic.