Blistering vs Poignant - What's the difference?
blistering | poignant |
Causing blisters
Very hot
Harsh or corrosive
Very aggressive
* {{quote-news
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Very fast
The medical practice of causing blisters to form.
* 1852 , The American Journal of Homoeopathy (volumes 7-9, page 99)
(obsolete, of a weapon etc) Sharp-pointed; keen.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , VII:
Incisive; penetrating.
neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant.
Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving.
(figuratively, of a taste or smell) Piquant, pungent.
Piercing.
(dated, mostly British) Inducing sharp physical pain.
As adjectives the difference between blistering and poignant
is that blistering is causing blisters while poignant is (obsolete|of a weapon etc) sharp-pointed; keen.As a verb blistering
is .As a noun blistering
is the medical practice of causing blisters to form.blistering
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
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Noun
(en noun)- Inflammations are treated generally by allopathic practitioners by bleedings, blisterings , purgings, vomitings, Antimony and Mercury: and this is practised, more or less, with little variation, wherever the seat of the inflammation may be.
poignant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His siluer shield, now idle maisterlesse; / His poynant speare, that many made to bleed [...].
- His comments were poignant and witty.
- A poignant reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke.
- Flipping through his high school yearbook evoked many a poignant memory of yesteryear.