mordant

As adjectives the difference between dormant and mordant

is that dormant is inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended while mordant is having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.

As a noun mordant is

any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.

As a verb mordant is

to subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.

As adjectives the difference between mordant and poignant

is that mordant is having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe while poignant is (obsolete|of a weapon etc) sharp-pointed; keen.

As a noun mordant

is any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.

As a verb mordant

is to subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.

As adjectives the difference between morbid and mordant

is that morbid is of, or relating to disease while mordant is having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.

As a noun mordant is

any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.

As a verb mordant is

to subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.

As nouns the difference between sarcasm and mordant

is that sarcasm is (uncountable) a sharp form of humor, intended to hurt, that is marked by mocking with irony, sometimes conveyed in speech with vocal over-emphasis insincerely saying something which is the opposite of one's intended meaning, often to emphasize how unbelievable or unlikely it sounds if taken literally, thereby illustrating the obvious nature of one's intended meaning while mordant is any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.

As an adjective mordant is

having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.

As a verb mordant is

to subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.

As adjectives the difference between mordant and satirical

is that mordant is having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe while satirical is of, pertaining to or connected with satire.

As a noun mordant

is any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.

As a verb mordant

is to subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.

As adjectives the difference between mordant and haughty

is that mordant is having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe while haughty is conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.

As a noun mordant

is any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.

As a verb mordant

is to subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.

As adjectives the difference between mordant and facetious

is that mordant is having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe while facetious is treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant.

As a noun mordant

is any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.

As a verb mordant

is to subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.

As adjectives the difference between mordant and droll

is that mordant is having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe while droll is oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.

As nouns the difference between mordant and droll

is that mordant is any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation while droll is a buffoon.

As verbs the difference between mordant and droll

is that mordant is to subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant while droll is to joke, to jest.

As adjectives the difference between tart and mordant

is that tart is sharp to the taste; acid; sour while mordant is having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.

As nouns the difference between tart and mordant

is that tart is a type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie or tart can be (british|slang) a prostitute while mordant is any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.

As verbs the difference between tart and mordant

is that tart is to practice prostitution while mordant is to subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.

As adjectives the difference between mordant and macabre

is that mordant is having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe while macabre is representing or personifying death.

As a noun mordant

is any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.

As a verb mordant

is to subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.