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Piercing vs Heady - What's the difference?

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Piercing is a related term of heady.


As a noun piercing

is body piercing.

As an adjective heady is

intoxicating or stupefying.

piercing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • (uncountable) The action of the verb to pierce
  • A hole made in the body so that jewellery/jewelry can be worn through it
    • ear piercing
  • The jewelry itself

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Anything or anyone that pierces.
    • piercing eyes
    The piercing noise of the children could be heard two blocks from the elementary school.

    heady

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • intoxicating or stupefying
  • * The cocktail was a heady mixture of spirits.
  • tending to upset the mind or senses
  • * We looked out from a heady outcrop of rock.
  • exhilarating
  • * The rock concert was a heady mixture of their greatest hits.
  • intellectual
  • * Kierkegaard is rather heady reading for a high school student.
  • rash or impetuous
  • * He made too heady promises, and when it came time, he was never able to fulfill them.

    • Derived terms

    * headily * headiness

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