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Intended vs Pointed - What's the difference?

intended | pointed |

As adjectives the difference between intended and pointed

is that intended is planned while pointed is (comparable) sharp, barbed; not dull.

As verbs the difference between intended and pointed

is that intended is (intend) while pointed is (point).

As a noun intended

is .

intended

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Planned.
  • * 2002', United States General Accounting Office, ''Report to congressional committees: Foreign assistance'' read at on 14 May 2006 - Funds were spent for ' intended purposes and not misused.
  • (obsolete) Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent.
  • (Spenser)

    Antonyms

    * unintended

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • .
  • *1899 ,
  • *:His mother had died lately, watched over, as I was told, by his Intended .
  • * 2005', Mori, on ''In Passing'' messageboard read at [ on 16 May 2006, ''Pffft'' - We both hated using that word [fiancé, and were constantly trying to use alternatives such as "betrothed" and "' intended "
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (intend)
  • * 1917', Joseph Conrad, ''Victory'' read at on 14 May 2006 - His purpose was to discover how long these guests ' intended to stay.
  • 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

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