The difference between Flat and Sharp

When used as nouns, flat means an area of level ground, whereas sharp means the symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher.

When used as adverbs, flat means so as to be flat, whereas sharp means to a point or edge.

When used as verbs, flat means to make a flat call, whereas sharp means to raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.

When used as adjectives, flat means having no variations in height, whereas sharp means able to cut easily.

check bellow for the other definitions of Flat and Sharp

  1. Flat as an adjective:

    Having no variations in height.

    Examples:

    "The land around here is flat."

  2. Flat as an adjective (music, voice):

    Without variations in pitch.

  3. Flat as an adjective (slang):

    Describing certain features, usually the breasts and/or buttocks, that are extremely small or not visible at all.

    Examples:

    "That girl is completely flat on both sides."

  4. Flat as an adjective (music, note):

    Lowered by one semitone.

  5. Flat as an adjective (music):

    Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.

    Examples:

    "Your A string is too flat."

  6. Flat as an adjective (of a tire or other inflated object):

    Deflated, especially because of a puncture.

  7. Flat as an adjective:

    Uninteresting.

    Examples:

    "The party was a bit flat."

  8. Flat as an adjective:

    Of a carbonated drink, with all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.

  9. Flat as an adjective (wine):

    Lacking acidity without being sweet.

  10. Flat as an adjective (of a battery):

    Unable to emit power; dead.

  11. Flat as an adjective (juggling, of a throw):

    Without spin; spinless.

  12. Flat as an adjective (figurative):

    Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; dull and boring.

    Examples:

    "The market is flat."

    "The dialogue in your screenplay is flat -- you need to make it more exciting."

  13. Flat as an adjective:

    Absolute; downright; peremptory.

    Examples:

    "His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results."

    "I'm not going to the party and that's flat."

  14. Flat as an adjective (phonetics, dated, of a [[consonant]]):

    sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant

  15. Flat as an adjective (grammar):

    Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".

    Examples:

    "Many flat adverbs, as in 'run fast', 'buy cheap', etc. are from Old English."

  16. Flat as an adjective (golf, of a [[golf club]]):

    Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.

  17. Flat as an adjective (horticulture, of certain [[fruit]]s):

    Flattening at the ends.

  18. Flat as an adjective (authorship, figuratively, esp. of a character):

    Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.

    Examples:

    "ant round"

    "The author created the site to [[flesh out]] the books' flatter characters, who were actually quite well developed in her own mind."

  1. Flat as an adverb:

    So as to be flat.

    Examples:

    "Spread the tablecloth flat over the table."

  2. Flat as an adverb:

    Bluntly.

    Examples:

    "I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat."

  3. Flat as an adverb:

    Not exceeding.

    Examples:

    "He can run a mile in four minutes flat."

  4. Flat as an adverb:

    Completely.

    Examples:

    "I am flat broke this month."

  5. Flat as an adverb:

    Directly; flatly.

  6. Flat as an adverb (finance, slang):

    Without allowance for accrued interest.

  1. Flat as a noun:

    An area of level ground.

  2. Flat as a noun (music):

    A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ sign placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).

  3. Flat as a noun (informal, automotive):

    A flat tyre/tire.

  4. Flat as a noun (in the plural):

    A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels.

    Examples:

    "She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels."

  5. Flat as a noun (in the plural):

    A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.

  6. Flat as a noun (painting):

    A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting.

  7. Flat as a noun (swordfighting):

    The flat part of something: The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge. The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.

  8. Flat as a noun:

    A wide, shallow container.

    Examples:

    "a flat of strawberries"

  9. Flat as a noun (mail):

    A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.

  10. Flat as a noun (geometry):

    A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.

  11. Flat as a noun:

    A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.

  12. Flat as a noun:

    A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.

  13. Flat as a noun (rail, US):

    A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.

  14. Flat as a noun:

    A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.

  15. Flat as a noun (mining):

    A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Raymond"

  16. Flat as a noun (obsolete):

    A dull fellow; a simpleton.

  17. Flat as a noun (technical, theatre):

    A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin that depicts a building or other part of a scene, also called backcloth and backdrop.

  1. Flat as a verb (poker slang):

    To make a flat call; to call without raising.

  2. Flat as a verb (intransitive):

    To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Sir W. Temple"

  3. Flat as a verb (intransitive, music, colloquial):

    To fall from the pitch.

  4. Flat as a verb (transitive, music):

    To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.

  5. Flat as a verb (transitive, dated):

    To make flat; to flatten; to level.

  6. Flat as a verb (transitive, dated):

    To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.

  1. Flat as a noun (chiefly, British, New England, New Zealand, and, Australian, archaic, _, elsewhere):

    An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.

  1. Sharp as an adjective:

    Able to cut easily.

    Examples:

    "I keep my knives sharp so that they don't slip unexpectedly while carving."

  2. Sharp as an adjective (colloquial):

    Intelligent.

    Examples:

    "My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old."

  3. Sharp as an adjective:

    Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded.

    Examples:

    "Ernest made the pencil too sharp and accidentally stabbed himself with it."

    "a sharp hill;  a face with sharp features"

  4. Sharp as an adjective (music):

    Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol after the name of the note).

  5. Sharp as an adjective (music):

    Higher in pitch than required.

    Examples:

    "The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone."

  6. Sharp as an adjective:

    Having an intense, acrid flavour.

    Examples:

    "Milly couldn't stand sharp cheeses when she was pregnant, because they made her nauseated."

  7. Sharp as an adjective:

    Sudden and intense.

    Examples:

    "A pregnant woman during labor normally experiences a number of sharp contractions."

  8. Sharp as an adjective (colloquial):

    Illegal or dishonest.

    Examples:

    "Michael had a number of sharp ventures that he kept off the books."

  9. Sharp as an adjective (colloquial):

    Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.

    Examples:

    "a sharp dealer;  a sharp customer"

  10. Sharp as an adjective:

    Exact, precise, accurate; keen.

    Examples:

    "You'll need sharp aim to make that shot."

  11. Sharp as an adjective:

    Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.

    Examples:

    "'sharp criticism; When the two rivals met, first there were sharp words, and then a fight broke out."

  12. Sharp as an adjective (colloquial):

    Stylish or attractive.

    Examples:

    "You look so sharp in that tuxedo!"

  13. Sharp as an adjective:

    Observant; alert; acute.

    Examples:

    "Keep a sharp watch on the prisoners. I don't want them to escape!"

  14. Sharp as an adjective:

    Forming a small angle; forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.

    Examples:

    "Drive down Main for three quarters of a mile, then make a sharp right turn onto Pine."

  15. Sharp as an adjective:

    Steep; precipitous; abrupt.

    Examples:

    "a sharp ascent or descent;  a sharp turn or curve"

  16. Sharp as an adjective (mathematics, of a statement):

    Said of as extreme a value as possible.

    Examples:

    "Sure, any planar graph can be five-colored. But that result is not sharp: in fact, any planar graph can be four-colored. ''That'' is sharp: the same can't be said for any lower number."

  17. Sharp as an adjective (chess):

    Tactical; risky.

  18. Sharp as an adjective:

    Piercing; keen; severe; painful.

    Examples:

    "a sharp pain;  the sharp and frosty winter air"

  19. Sharp as an adjective:

    Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.

    Examples:

    "a sharp appetite"

  20. Sharp as an adjective (obsolete):

    Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.

  21. Sharp as an adjective:

    Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.

  22. Sharp as an adjective (phonetics, dated):

    Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.

  1. Sharp as an adverb:

    To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek M. Arnold"

  2. Sharp as an adverb (notcomp):

    Exactly.

    Examples:

    "I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp."

  3. Sharp as an adverb (music):

    In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.

    Examples:

    "I didn't enjoy the concert much because the tenor kept going sharp on the high notes."

  1. Sharp as a noun (music):

    The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher.

    Examples:

    "The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp)."

    "Transposition frequently is harder to read because of all the sharps and flats on the staff."

  2. Sharp as a noun (music):

    A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.

  3. Sharp as a noun (music):

    A note that is sharp in a particular key.

    Examples:

    "The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps."

  4. Sharp as a noun (music):

    The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.

    Examples:

    "Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor.)"

  5. Sharp as a noun (usually, _, in the plural):

    Something that is sharp.

    Examples:

    "Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal."

  6. Sharp as a noun:

    A sharp tool or weapon.

  7. Sharp as a noun (medicine):

    A hypodermic syringe.

  8. Sharp as a noun (medicine, dated):

    A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.

  9. Sharp as a noun:

    A dishonest person; a cheater.

    Examples:

    "The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see."

    "This usage is often classified as variant spelling of ''[[shark]]'', and unrelated to the 'pointed' or 'cutting' meanings of ''sharp''."

  10. Sharp as a noun:

    Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Charles Kingsley"

  11. Sharp as a noun:

    A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.

  12. Sharp as a noun (in the plural):

    Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.

  13. Sharp as a noun (slang, dated):

    An expert.

  14. Sharp as a noun:

    A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).

  1. Sharp as a verb (music):

    To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.

    Examples:

    "That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!"

  2. Sharp as a verb:

    To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek L'Estrange"

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