Intended vs Pointed - What's the difference?
intended | pointed |
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.
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*1899 ,
*:His mother had died lately, watched over, as I was told, by his Intended .
* 2005', Mori, on ''In Passing'' messageboard read at [
(intend)
* 1917', Joseph Conrad, ''Victory'' read at on 14 May 2006 - His purpose was to discover how long these guests ' intended to stay.
(point)
(comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull.
(not comparable) In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.
(comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.
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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
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* unintendedNoun
(en noun)on 16 May 2006, ''Pffft'' - We both hated using that word [fiancé, and were constantly trying to use alternatives such as "betrothed" and "' intended "
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*pointed
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(en adjective)- The warrior brandished a pointed spear.
- The Siamese is a pointed breed of cat.
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
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.
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.