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Gruffish vs Acerbity - What's the difference?

gruffish | acerbity |

As an adjective gruffish

is somewhat gruff.

As a noun acerbity is

sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.

gruffish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Somewhat gruff.
    • He answered the telephone in a gruffish voice.

    acerbity

    English

    Noun

    (acerbities)
  • Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
  • Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“Well ?” I repeated with some acerbity . I had been wondering for the last ten minutes how many more knots he would manage to make in that same bit of string before he actually started undoing them again.}}

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