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Crisp vs Pointed - What's the difference?

crisp | pointed | Synonyms |

Crisp is a synonym of pointed.


As adjectives the difference between crisp and pointed

is that crisp is (of something seen or heard) sharp, clearly defined while pointed is (comparable) sharp, barbed; not dull.

As verbs the difference between crisp and pointed

is that crisp is to make crisp while pointed is (point).

As a noun crisp

is (british) a thin slice of fried potato eaten as a snack.

crisp

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (of something seen or heard) Sharp, clearly defined.
  • * This new television set has a very crisp image.
  • (dated) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.
    • crisp hair
  • (obsolete) Curled by the ripple of water.
  • * Shakespeare
    • You nymphs called Naiads, of the winding brooks Leave your crisp channels.
  • Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture.
    • The crisp snow crunched underfoot.
  • * Goldsmith
    • The cakes at tea ate short and crisp .
  • Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition.
  • * Leigh Hunt
    • It [laurel] has been plucked nine months, and yet looks as hale and crisp as if it would last ninety years.
  • Of weather, air etc.: dry and cold.
  • Quick and accurate.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Sam Sheringham , title=Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Stephen Ward's crisp finish from Sylvan Ebanks-Blake's pass 11 minutes into the second half proved enough to give Mick McCarthy's men a famous victory.}}
  • Brief and to the point. (Esp. in make it crisp .)
  • * It is better to understand the question clearly, pause for a little thinking and give a crisp answer.
  • * If we ask an expert about a certain query, this expert will often come up with a crisp answer (“yes” or “no”).
  • *
  • (obsolete) Lively; sparking; effervescing.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • your neat crisp claret
  • Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • the snug, small room, and the crisp fire
  • Of wine: having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.

    • Derived terms

    * crisply * crispness * crispy

    Related terms

    * crispate * crispated * crispation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A thin slice of fried potato eaten as a snack.

    • Synonyms

    * (US) potato chip, potato crisp.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make crisp.
    • to crisp bacon by frying it
  • To become crisp.
  • (dated) To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.
  • (archaic) To undulate or ripple.
  • * Tennyson
    • to watch the crisping ripples on the beach
  • (archaic) To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple.
  • * Drayton
    • The lover with the myrtle sprays / Adorns his crisped tresses.
  • * Milton
    • The crisped brooks, / Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold.

    Derived terms

    * crispen * crisper

    Anagrams

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    pointed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (point)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull.
    • The warrior brandished a pointed spear.
  • (not comparable) In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.
    • The Siamese is a pointed breed of cat.
  • (comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.
  • * 1863 February 21, “ Important from Washington”, in The New York Times :
    • Attention has been called to the report in a New-York paper, which has been made the subject of pointed comment
  • * 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
    • After a harsh police crackdown last week fueled anger and swelled protests, President Dilma Rousseff, a former guerrilla who was imprisoned under the dictatorship and has now become the target of pointed criticism herself, tried to appease dissenters by embracing their cause on Tuesday.
  • * 1910 September 3, “ Taft Is Not Pleased by Roosevelt Plan”, in The New York Times :
    • President Taft to-day had a pointed comment for the "new nationalism" that his predecessor has been launching in the West.

    Synonyms

    * (sharp) pointy, sharp

    Antonyms

    * (sharp) blunt

    Derived terms

    * pointedly

    Anagrams

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