Hard vs Sharp - What's the difference?

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Hard is a related term of sharp.

As a noun hard

is stove, heater; an enclosed space in which fuel (usually wood) is burned to provide heating, usually for cooking.

As a proper noun sharp is

hard

English

Adjective

(er)

(label) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.

# Resistant to pressure.

# (label) Strong.

# (label) High in dissolved calcium compounds.

# Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).

(label) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.

# Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand.

#* 1988 , An Oracle , Edmund White

Ray found it hard to imagine having accumulated so many mannerisms before the dawn of sex, of the sexual need to please, of the staginess sex encourages or the tightly capped wells of poisoned sexual desire the disappointed must stand guard over.

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# Demanding a lot of effort to endure.

# Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.

# (label) Difficult to resist or control; powerful.

#* (w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)

The stag was too hard for the horse.

#* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

a power which will be always too hard for them

Unquestionable.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 19, author=Kerry Brown, work=The Guardian

, title= Kim Jong-il obituary , passage=Unsurprisingly for a man who went into mourning for three years after the death in 1994 of his own father, the legendary leader Kim Il-sung, and who in the first 30 years of his political career made no public statements, even to his own people, Kim's career is riddled with claims, counter claims, speculation, and contradiction. There are few hard facts about his birth and early years. }}

(label) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.

Sexually aroused.

(label) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.

(label)

# Plosive.

# Unvoiced

Hard' ''k'', ''t'', ''s'', ''ch'', as distinguished from '''soft , ''g'', ''d'', ''z'', ''j

(label) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.

# Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.

# Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.

(label) In the form of a hard copy.

We need both a digital archive and a hard archive.

Synonyms

* (resistant to pressure ): resistant, solid, stony * (requiring a lot of effort to do or understand ): confusing, difficult, puzzling, tough, tricky * (requiring a lot of effort to endure ): difficult, intolerable, tough, unbearable * (severe ): harsh, hostile, severe, strict, tough, unfriendly * (unquestionable ): incontrovertible, indubitable, unambiguous, unequivocal, unquestionable * (of drink ): strong * See also

Antonyms

* (resistant to pressure ): soft * (requiring a lot of effort to do or understand ): easy, simple, straightforward, trite * (requiring a lot of effort to endure ): bearable, easy * (severe ): agreeable, amiable, approachable, friendly, nice, pleasant * (unquestionable ): controvertible, doubtful, ambiguous, equivocal, questionable * (of drink ): ** (low in alcohol ): low-alcohol ** (non-alcoholic ): alcohol-free, soft, non-alcoholic * (of roads) soft * ("sexually aroused"): soft, flaccid

Derived terms

* between a rock and a hard place * die-hard * hard as nails * hard-ass * hardboard * hard-boiled * hard by * hard candy * hard case * hard cheese * hard-coded * hard copy * hardcore * hard disk/hard disc * hard done by * hard drink * hard-edged * harden * hard feelings * hard grass * hard hat * hard head * hard-hearted * hard-hitting * hard knocks * hard labor * hard light * hard-liner * hard lines * hard luck * hardness * hard news * hard-on * hard-pressed * hard radiation * hard sauce * hard science fiction * hard-shell * hard times * hard to come by * hard to please * hard up * hardware * hard water * hard-wire * hardwood * hard work * have it hard * play hard to get * (hard)

Adverb

(er)

(manner) With much force or effort.

He hit the puck hard up the ice.

They worked hard all week.

At the intersection, bear hard left.

The recession hit them especially hard .

Think hard about your choices.

* Dryden

prayed so hard for mercy from the prince

* Shakespeare

My father / Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself.

(manner) With difficulty.

His degree was hard earned.

The vehicle moves hard .

(obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.

* Sir Thomas Browne

The question is hard set.

(manner) Compactly.

The lake had finally frozen hard .

Near, close.

* Bible, Acts xviii. 7

whose house joined hard to the synagogue

* 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 418:

It was another long day's march before they glimpsed the towers of Harrenhal in the distance, hard beside the blue waters of the lake.

Noun

(en noun)

(nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water

Statistics

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sharp

English

Adjective

(er)

Able to cut easily.

*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

(lb) Intelligent.

* {{quote-news, author=(Jesse Jackson), title=In the Ferguson era, Malcolm X’s courage in fighting racism inspires more than ever, work=(The Guardian) (London), date=20 February 2015 citation

, passage=At school, despite his sharp mind, Malcolm was laughed at by teachers when he said he wanted to be a lawyer. }}

Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded.

(lb) Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol after the name of the note).

(lb) Higher in pitch than required.

Having an intense, acrid flavour.''

Sudden and intense.

*:She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact.

(lb) Illegal or dishonest.

(lb) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.

*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

*:the necessity of being so sharp and exacting

Exact, precise, accurate; keen.

*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything , passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.

Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.

(lb) Stylish or attractive.

Observant; alert; acute.

Forming a small angle; forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.

*1900 , , (The House Behind the Cedars) , Chapter I,

*:The street down which Warwick had come intersected Front Street at a sharp angle in front of the old hotel, forming a sort of flatiron block at the junction, known as Liberty Point

Steep; precipitous; abrupt.

Said of as extreme a value as possible.

(lb) Tactical; risky.

*1963 , Max Euwe, Chess Master Vs. Chess Amateur (page xviii)

*:Time and time again, the amateur player has lost the opportunity to make the really best move because he felt bound to follow some chess "rule" he had learned, rather than to make the sharp move which was indicated by the position.

*1975 , Lud?k Pachman, Decisive Games in Chess History (page 64)

*:In such situations most chess players choose the ohvious and logical way: they go in for sharp play. However, not everyone is a natural attacking player

Piercing; keen; severe; painful.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:Sharp misery had worn him to the bones.

*(William Cowper) (1731-1800)

*:the morning sharp and clear

*(John Keble) (1792-1866)

*:in sharpest perils faithful proved

Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.

(lb) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.

*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:in sharp contest of battle

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:A sharp assault already is begun.

Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.

:(Edward Moxon)

Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.

Synonyms

* (able to cut easily) keen, razor, razor-sharp * (intelligent) brainy, bright, intelligent, keen, smart, witty * (able to pierce easily) pointed * (having an intense and acrid flavour) acrid, pungent * (sudden and intense) abrupt, acute, stabbing * dishonest, dodgy, illegal, illicit, underhand * (accurate) accurate, exact, keen, precise * (critical) acrimonious, bitter, cutting, harsh, hostile, nasty * chic, elegant, smart, stylish * (observant) acute, alert, keen, observant, sharp-eyed

Antonyms

* (able to cut easily) blunt, dull * (intelligent) dim, dim-witted, slow, slow-witted, thick * (able to pierce easily) blunt * (higher than usual by one semitone) flat * flat * (having an intense and acrid flavour) bland, insipid, tasteless * (sudden and intense) dull * above-board, honest, legit, legitimate, reputable * (accurate) inaccurate, imprecise * (critical) complimentary, flattering, friendly, kind, nice * inelegant, scruffy, shabby * (observant) unobservant

Derived terms

* not the sharpest knife in the drawer * sharpish * sharply * sharp-witted

Adverb

(er)

To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.

* Shakespeare

You bite so sharp at reasons.

(notcomp) Exactly.

I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp .

(music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.

I didn't enjoy the concert much because the tenor kept going sharp on the high notes.

Synonyms

* (exactly) exactly, on the dot (of time), precisely

Noun

(en noun)

(music) The symbol ?, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher.

The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F? (F sharp).

''Transposition frequently is harder to read because of all the sharps and flats on the staff.

(music) A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ?.

(music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.

The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps .

(music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.

Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C? minor (C sharp minor.)

(usually, in the plural) Something that is sharp.

Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal.

A sharp tool or weapon.

* Collier

If butchers had but the manners to go to sharps , gentlemen would be contented with a rubber at cuffs.

(medicine) A hypodermic syringe.

(medicine, dated) A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.

A dishonest person; a cheater.

The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see.

Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.

(Charles Kingsley)

A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.

(in the plural) middlings

(slang, dated) An expert.

A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).

* 2006 , Iain McIntyre, Tomorrow Is Today: Australia in the Psychedelic Era, 1966-1970

The Circle was one of the few dances the older sharps frequented; mostly they were to be found in pubs, pool-halls or at the track.

Derived terms

* card sharp * double sharp

Verb

(en verb)

(music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.

That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!

To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.

(rfquotek, L'Estrange)

Anagrams

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