The difference between Blunt and Pointless

When used as adjectives, blunt means having a thick edge or point, whereas pointless means having no point or sharp tip.

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 Pointless

  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. Pointless as an adjective:

    Having no point or sharp tip; terminating squarely or in a rounded end.

    Examples:

    "a pointless sword"

    "a pointless knife"

  2. Pointless as an adjective:

    Having no prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.

    Examples:

    "a pointless remark"

    "The [[sequel]] to the film was even more pointless than the original"

  3. Pointless as an adjective:

    Having no purpose; purposeless; unable to effect an aim.

    Examples:

    " Since the decision has already been made, further discussion seems pointless."

  4. Pointless as an adjective (mathematics):

    Without points.

    Examples:

    "a pointless topology"

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