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Jagged vs Pointy - What's the difference?

jagged | pointy |

As adjectives the difference between jagged and pointy

is that jagged is unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut while pointy is (informal) pointed in shape, having a point or points.

As a verb jagged

is (jag).

As a noun pointy is

(informal) any pointed object.

jagged

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.
  • Having a rough quality.
  • (computing) Of an array, having a different cardinality in each dimension, such that a representation on paper would appear uneven.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (jag)
    • English heteronyms

    pointy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) pointed in shape, having a point or points

    • Derived terms

    * pointy-eared

    Noun

    (pointies)
  • (informal) Any pointed object.
  • * 2012 , Lou Rain, Family Effects (page 298)
    • Even though Skylar has never had a seizure to my knowledge since the incident in school, she still sees the things she likes to call pointies , just not as many as before, since she started taking the valproic acid, but still there's a few.
  • * 2013 , Jennifer Byrne, The Intrepid Parent's Field Guide to the Baby Kingdom (page 154)
    • Plus, it's likely she will bite you the first few times you try messing with her mouth, so why not get those bites out of the way before the sharp pointies come in?
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