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Blistering vs Poignant - What's the difference?

blistering | poignant |

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

    (en adjective)
  • Causing blisters
  • Very hot
  • Harsh or corrosive
  • Very aggressive
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=Angelique Chrisafis , title=Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=Dati launched a blistering attack on the prime minister, François Fillon, under whom she served as justice minister, accusing him of sexism, elitism, arrogance and hindering the political advancement of ethnic minorities.}}
  • Very fast
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The medical practice of causing blisters to form.
  • * 1852 , The American Journal of Homoeopathy (volumes 7-9, page 99)
  • 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)
  • (obsolete, of a weapon etc) Sharp-pointed; keen.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , VII:
  • His siluer shield, now idle maisterlesse; / His poynant speare, that many made to bleed [...].
  • Incisive; penetrating.
  • His comments were poignant and witty.
  • neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant.
  • A poignant reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke.
  • Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving.
  • Flipping through his high school yearbook evoked many a poignant memory of yesteryear.
  • (figuratively, of a taste or smell) Piquant, pungent.
  • Piercing.
  • (dated, mostly British) Inducing sharp physical pain.
  • Synonyms

    * (evoking strong mental sensation) distressing, moving

    References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989 * Webster Third New International 1986 ----